Great article and glad to know there are many others that had to go through similar stuff for years but decided to do something about it like you explain in the post, I have struggled for many years with social anxiety and many of the feelings you explain here are so familiar that i could say they are my own. I would also have to add that reflecting in the dark sometimes makes the light shine brighter, so many times we believe that we have to be fantastic and great all the time and neglect those moments of self reflection. We have to also learn when we are deep in the descent ... we need to understand that moments like this are necessary to build a stronger more accepting self. Positive attitudes should be crafted inside our minds and not created out of thin air just for the sake of being temporarily happy... Thanks for writing th
ese type of posts is always refreshing talkin about things that are so hidden and people tend to ignore for fear or disbelief...be strong and know that there is also a way up the downward spiral....\m/