HazelGirl, none of those lies your brain is telling you are true. None of them.

You can't protect yourself from heartbreak. Or rejection. All you can do is face the world and show them your real self. When you do this, you might not make other people happy, but you won't be making yourself miserable like you would be if you pretended to be someone else.

All we know of each other here are our words and our minds. Nothing superficial. Only the most intimate things. All these things I know of you, I like. You are likeable. And smart. And you deserve another chance. So tell that jerk in your brain that she's a liar and none of those horrible things are true. Push them down. Tell them to stop because you aren't listening.

{{hugs}}