The sweat dripped down my forehead rapidly as I realized I had messed up again.  Getting lost while driving was common for me; I shamed myself for my miscalculations.  Even with the GPS on, I would get lost—fearfully anticipating the worst.  Over and over again, I would internally question my abilities thinking “Why are you

Do you blame yourself when something goes wrong? Or think what happened is always your fault?  I have a tendency to do this.  “I hate myself,” “I really blew it this time,” and “nobody likes me” are common phrases that can saturate my mind in these times.  I question whether the outcome would have changed

When you find yourself hurt in a moment, how do you cope with it? How do you recover? Do you escape through television, shopping, eating ice cream, or sitting in self-pity? These are some of the ways that I have dealt with my hurt.  The only problem with these things is that they only bring

It’s so easy to live in denial. It’s a trap that you can fall in effortlessly.  When you don’t admit that you are hurting, it inhibits you from receiving the healing you so desperately need.  I am no stranger to living in denial. Are you? I did for years. Years of believing that I didn’t

I felt like I was beyond repair; I needed to acknowledge that I had a problem, and that I couldn’t fix it on my own. I tried many times, but the compulsion to control certain things—brought on by unresolved pain from the past—overtook me.  I felt lost, and broken to the core, but knew that