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Originally Posted by Bill3
It makes sense that you don't want to be defined by the abuse. I believe that you said that you are a teacher. To what extent does teaching give you a sense of being somebody?
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Very little do I have a sense of being somebody except by my immediate family. Performance-based living for so long along with the abuse led me to only identify myself by what I did. I'm hoping to be somebody to myself. Don't know if that makes sense but I know what I am to some people but not to myself. I lost that and actually don't ever know or remember when I had that sense of identity.