((((((((Fuzzy)))))))) I was just thinking about this on the way home, actually, and how so many people in my life have tried to convince me I was no good and would never amount to anything and never get better, etc.

It took me about a decade of therapy, and I'm in danger of sliding back at any given second, but it IS possible to learn how to let "helpers" like that slide off you and not take them seriously. If I were any good at it, I would share tips -- it's a day-to-day process, if not minute-to-minute, for me.

Just wanted to let you know it's a bite, but it can be done, even for a little while. Keep fighting. You KNOW your "helper" is no help at all, and completely wrong about you!

In the meantime, there is pizza on the way to my cave, now that Mama Bear isn't home (out of the country, even!) to supervise what I eat. Come on over!

CB