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Originally Posted by nowheretohide
I know exactly what you mean man... I got the guilt-trip a lot too. I think it's hard growing up different and having the guilt-trip being added to it. You end up feeling bad about yourself as a whole. You get the guilt-trip then you get rejected by peers at school for being different... a soul-crushing 1-2 combo punch. If you're different you need even more acceptance/encouragement at home if you're going to succeed... personally my family had extenuating circumstances that pushed my needs to the back burner so I didn't get what I needed from family and certainly wasn't accepted by peers... game over for self-esteem.
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Yeah, exactly, thanks for that

. I think I lost my self-esteem at about 5 already, when I started going to school. I've totally adapted to live without it for the last 20 years.