I can see
so much that was me.

Taking control of ones' own life, or at least taking responsibility for it does work well for a lot of people.
Looks like you effectively did your own CBT.

The "bullshit rules" bit almost got a cheer (shitty clique did!), from my point of view much of it is fake or basically a more sophisticated version of playground behaviour, to establish hierarchy.
We are still primates, even if we have shiny possessions, pretensions and egos, and it shows.

Whinging on the internet (or indeed courting pity/sympathy elsewhere) isn't usually an attempt to get better, rather exploiting a label to get attention.

Serious Therapy is that, serious. Much of it is about having a long clear look at the Self, what happened and where to go next.

Sympathy is often a game.

However, there are a lot of ill people who work hard to overcome nightmarish problems and still suffer

Thanks for posting.
( FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 30 Jun 2008, 15:45, Reply)