43 and still struggle

with abandonment issues ...... rejection ....... etc. I have my friends and family. I am scared to speak out my feelings to people because they always end up being read the wrong way. It is the only way I know how and sometimes, it comes out all wrong..... I've done it here at pc before, then had to go back and apologise for being aggressive etc ..... i think it's because my opinions have always been invalidated as I've grown up
and sometimes in my marriage ...... i put defences up before i speak my feelings because i'm so used to being put down or invalidated .....

so now i lost a friend because of my big mouth. I was just trying to explain how i felt. I feel sad, rejected and hurt ..... i probably lost a lot more friends because of this too and i'll just have to live with it. I've been made to feel selfish and self asorbed .... so my T is telling me to think of ME for once, which is what one does during healing .... and now I feel guilty for being selfish..... I cant win....... Jin

Im sorry. All anyone can do is what they can. You cant be perfect no one can. Im sorry u had a issue with a friend. Please dont beat ur self up. I love you no matter what u do K?

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Love you too .... thankyou for your support ..... Jinny xoxoxoxoxo

Why is being for your self bad?

I know, my mother went on about how selfish we children were. Actually, it was all about her. She was the one that needed to be self-ish. But she could not give any comfort to herself, because she had been taught that it was bad.