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fake name person?

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Is this your attempt to take my anonymity to an extreme?

As for me, I have been working on my mental health for the last 30 years (I'm 44). (Things didn't start improving quickly until I got my first therapist 20 years ago) I was anxious. The issues that I had to work on were personal boundaries, self-worth, empowerment, taking control over my life, understanding my feelings (this is all that I can think of right now). I did on and off therapy as needed for ten years with a few different therapists. I have been working on myself since then without a therapist. Now I am working on lightening up when with friends, trying to learn to laugh more easily and relax and to get some closer friends. My issues started because of my self-centered mom. She actually has all of the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I am happily married with 2 children. I have a Master's in Social Work but I am a stay-at-home mom.

When I read your posts I get the feeling that you intellectualize without owning and really feeling and experiencing it? We have an acquaintance who is a PhD psychology professor. She can do research on psychology but she has never applied any of it to her life.