Hi Missdell-
I hope hankster is right that you are in therapy. It really does make a difference.

Class was not an issue in my family but it seemed to be in school growing up. I am solidly middle class, but in school there were those from elite families that made it miserable for everyone else. We supposedly value individual accomplishment here in the US but you wouldn't know it from our school systems and what is known as "tracking". (Once you are placed in a "track" academically, it is hard to move up or out.)

I did have my best friend in HS who was of Indian decent (Parents from Mumbai) and class seemed to be a bigger issue for her and her family, even though they outranked many around them. Would you say that the caste system is still alive in some way in Indian culture?
I hope you keep reaching out!