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Old Mar 01, 2017, 11:54 AM
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Grand Magnate
 
Member Since: Jun 2012
Location: USA
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Even with gobs of therapy, the best "help" for me in recent years has been support groups (including here on PC) and some "meetup" groups of people with similar interests (see Meetup.com, there are some in Stockholm, don't know about where you are).

In addition to some specific traumatic events that caused me to dissociate from some emotions, and which trauma-focused therapy probably did help with, a lot of my difficulties with anxiety and perfectionism (in myself and expectations of others) came because I had not really been accepted/loved as my essential somewhat "nerdish" self in my very socially-conscious family of origin.

Getting to "feel" how sad that was has been a biggy, but then what? Finding some regular people who are more like me -- and there are some. It's taken awhile but I feel kind of accepted sometimes. Or maybe you're artistic? Or something else? What are your interests, besides mental health, although that's important, too, of course. Or what were you interested in or did you enjoy doing when you were a kid?

I think you said a while back that transportation was difficult or expensive? Would you like for us to help you brainstorm some about that?
Thanks for this!
SarahSweden