Hope, its slow road to rebuilding one's self esteem, and the best way is to jump in feet first as such. Your doing just fine, and making sense. You don't give yourself enough credit, because what your writing makes perfect sense and depicts how your feeling. The more your expose yourself here in the public forum, the more confidence you will get within yourself that your sickness is just the same as everyone else's here, and you are worthy within yourself to chat publicly, and be recognised as such.

We can tell ourselves as much as we want, they we are unsure, not good enough, should I, shouldn't I, etc etc, but if you don't ask, you will never know.

So... no, your not going nuts by shareing yourself here. Your doing just great. The more you post, the more your honest within yourself and with others, the more you will get out of talking publicly here, gaining the valuable support we all need to help us through the healing process.

Hang in there and keep doing what your doing Hope... your doing great and making perfect sense.

I've been told this before, and sometimes understand, but more often then not can't see why I should acknowledge any credit. I don't remember the me before my first trauma, so I don't remember saying goodbye to her. And from as far back as I can remember I always struggled with distortion in perception of worth & self. And, as life unfolded the way it did, this problem only got far worse.

Thanks so much for the re-assurance Anthony, and for your helpful insight.