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SomewhereOutThere.....wow! I get what you mean...best to keep safe distance when someone is so determined to believe "their own reality". My world has been very similar. Labeled something I wasn't by my parents (not a diagnosis just a wrong character trait) has stuck with me no matter what else i have done in life. I think that was what was most frustrating and gave me that powerless feeling. I was not what they said but I finally fell into believing this about myself for many years and treated myself the same way they did...self-destructive. Today I have a much clearer image of myself (and much help along the way to change this self-image and mirror who I really am) so it is they who have had a really hard time seeing me differently....which is why I live far enough away that even a phone call or one text in the past would trigger me. It's been a very long road and (more is yet to come!!) but today their disapproval no longer bothers me....so it's turned to positives from them which also do not matter. I have been treated better by sttrangers than my own parents. But enough....before long you may actually know me!! Have a great day!!

<blockquote data-quote="kat913" data-source="post: 731539" data-attributes="member: 22998"><p>SomewhereOutThere.....wow! I get what you mean...best to keep safe distance when someone is so determined to believe &quot;their own reality&quot;.&nbsp; My world has been very similar.&nbsp; Labeled something I wasn't by my parents (not a diagnosis just a wrong character trait) has stuck with me no matter what else i have done in life. I think that was what was most frustrating and gave me that powerless feeling.&nbsp; I was not what they said but I finally fell into believing this about myself for many years and treated myself the same way they did...self-destructive.&nbsp; Today I have a much clearer image of myself (and much help along the way to change this self-image and mirror who I really am) so it is they who have had a really hard time seeing me differently....which is why I live far enough away that even a phone call or one text in the past would trigger me.&nbsp; It's been a very long road and (more is yet to come!!) but today their disapproval no longer bothers me....so it's turned to positives from them which also do not matter.&nbsp; I have been treated better by sttrangers than my own parents.&nbsp; But enough....before long you may actually know me!!&nbsp; Have a great day!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="kat913, post: 731539, member: 22998"] SomewhereOutThere.....wow! I get what you mean...best to keep safe distance when someone is so determined to believe "their own reality". My world has been very similar. Labeled something I wasn't by my parents (not a diagnosis just a wrong character trait) has stuck with me no matter what else i have done in life. I think that was what was most frustrating and gave me that powerless feeling. I was not what they said but I finally fell into believing this about myself for many years and treated myself the same way they did...self-destructive. Today I have a much clearer image of myself (and much help along the way to change this self-image and mirror who I really am) so it is they who have had a really hard time seeing me differently....which is why I live far enough away that even a phone call or one text in the past would trigger me. It's been a very long road and (more is yet to come!!) but today their disapproval no longer bothers me....so it's turned to positives from them which also do not matter. I have been treated better by sttrangers than my own parents. But enough....before long you may actually know me!! Have a great day!! [/QUOTE]

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