Awesome thread Dan!!! You could and can do it. It's crazy how much our perspective on things can make such a huge difference!

Social status.... Is crap!!! Who cares who has what, I have no idea what the fellow next to me has got and him no idea of me. We all have "stuff". All the matters is what we do with that stuff and the person who it will affect most is you. Don't forget you are the most important person in your life. Always have been, and you always will be.

I used to get really down about my past, and people who have hurt me, abused me ect. But I'm the one in charge now, I'm an adult now, and from that point on I am responsible for what I do with it. Owning your stuff is great, being responsible for it , because it's then that you can do something about it. I agree with everything you said above.

Good luck Dan, keep up with this perspective and you will do great!