Thanks, Bluedove. I have the book saved in my bookmarks and I think I'll get it soon as I got a bunch of Barnes and Noble gift cards recently.

My self-esteem is just wrecked. I don't think I've ever had much more than a shred of confidence in myself for my entire life, but now it's especially bad. I don't trust myself on anything - even making out checks is something that I obsess over and double-check about three or four times before finally mailing them off. It's amazing how anxiety can just slowly suck everything out of you.

My problem with self-confidence most likely stemmed from me being extremely overprotected and having a mom and dad who doubted me. My mom wouldn't even let me drive 10 minutes to a friend's house because I would have had to make a left turn without a green arrow. Guess what resulted? A fear of left turns without arrows. That took awhile to resolve and it's still not entirely gone.

Those sorts of things went on from childhood right into my adult years and it's probably wrong to place blame on her since she was raised that way too, but it did some damage. Thankfully I never wanted kids. If I did, I'd worry I would do the same to them.

Anyway, thank you for the book rec!