Article is bookmarked because I will be reading it again. I enjoyed it.

"We can spend a whole life feeling like a spectator of life, watching other people laugh, smile, and seemingly enjoying the connectedness they have with their friends, family, and lovers,.." I felt like this was my WHOLE childhood. Why can they have normal happy childhoods but we can't?

"If you are someone who grew up with unmet emotional needs, I know how it feels. You feel like no matter where you go, or where you are, you don’t belong." - And that's what I'm dealing with today. I'm at the point where I want to confront it. It doesn't matter what city I move to, it's that gnawing, out of place, unsettling feeling. We need to address it from the inside.