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You are so brave! I'm sure that was difficult for you, but it wasn't impossible, was it?

Would you believe me if I told you feelings are neither good or bad, they just are? It's a fact. My therapist told me that and proved it to me. It's the choices we make about dealing with those feelings.

When you were answering the questions, maybe you felt fear of what the answers might bring up for you. It's pefectly normal and good to feel those feelings. But you went ahead and answered the questions! Maybe you could try identifying those feelings and say "Yeah! I felt that and I'm still here and fine!"

When I was going through therapy, I found out I didn't know what many feelings I felt were. The therapist gave me a page that had all kinds of expressions on it, just like the little faces we use here. Would you believe that to many of them I answered "anger"? That's all I allowed myself to feel. It's not unusual to not be able to identify feelings. It comes with time. When you shut down one feeling, you have to shut down all the rest. Slowly, they all come back.

Hang in there! We'll all get there with each other's help.

<font color=blue>This above all: To thine own self be true. --Shakespeare</font color=blue>