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But yes, I really think it IS possible to change all of those learned patterns of behaving and thinking, and I think that telling the story is the beginning of it. For me, just by telling the story I was starting to change those patterns...I was learning to not keep a secret, learning to trust someone, learning to be vulnerable. Those were huge, huge things for me, and those things have opened the door to the possibility of changing even more.

It's HARD, but it's worth it. And you are worth it.