Recent content by pythia

I sought validation from all the wrong kinds of people. I was never motivated or happy when I sought validation because it felt like asking for permission to achieve what I wanted. When I finally (in adulthood) felt like I got validation from people like my family---it was too little too...

I trained my emotional control really diligently because I was a crier and it upset others and had a way of upsetting me more. So, when I was much younger I probably would have scored a straight up "F" on quizzes, due to the knowledge that I was "over-sensitive" and "excited over nothing" as...