That how things have been does not mean it's always going to be that way.

I might have been treated badly, made to feel worthless, convinced that I'm a terrible unlovable person because I'm never good enough...but it does not mean it's true. I've believed that so strongly that I've essentially completely isolated myself assuming that this is it, but my therapist is slowly bringing me out of that mindset by being the most consistently accepting, patient and understanding person I've ever had in my life. And I know it isn't just because he has to be...so if he can be that way, who is to say I can't find that in others, too?