This is very interesting to me...

As a child I thought many times that my parents loved me more than the dog, so for a long period that's how I thought of myself, just as a dog... in the sense that I would have my basic needs met but anything above and beyond, I didn't have the privilege of experiencing...

As I grew older and learned so many things, I just realized that as a child I latched on to this thought because it made sense to me in the framework of my family. I have sense released that belief because it doesn't serve me and only pushed other people away. For the longest time though, I was hellbent on proving to others that I was worthless and my childhood was so neglectful, but looking back on it now, my brain just wanted to prove my belief (that was developed in childhood) correct, when in fact there was no way to actually prove I was as worthless as a dog, no one could prove that in a court of law. I have sense debunked that belief and I feel so much more connection and happiness as the human that I am...