Thanks guys. I felt so much better after just feeling heard that I took a shower and ran some errands.

I guess you could call me a hermit. It's my preferred way of being. Because I'm a sensitive type, people suck the living out of me.

When I need people, I run errands. That's about as much as I can handle. I'm married, and my husband is pretty needy, so I get all the attention I can stand.

Psychcentral satisfies my need to connect at a deeper level.

But my mother is still out there, trying to impose her will on me. I guess it's the child within who feels powerless and unprotected.