Posted by SLS on September 27, 2011, at 22:16:10
In reply to Dinah's got Tons of Wisdom for you, Matt (nm), posted by Solstice on September 27, 2011, at 20:28:59
I agree.
Words are easy, though. I imagine you feel trapped with no way out. You simply don't have the experience to perform many of the tasks required for you to create your independence. At this juncture, you have no history of success. This weighs heavily on you and prevents you from developing self-esteem. As miserable as you are in your current situation, it somehow feels safer and more comfortable to stay rather than leave. To walk out the door is for you to enter a foreign land fraught with fears of the unknown. You are not alone in feeling that way, however. People do all the time what you must now consider doing for yourself.
Perhaps it is time for you to construct one or more plans that will help you make the transition to independence practicable. One option you have is to seek out agencies and charities that will help you find a roof to put over your head and food in your belly. You need to learn how to survive first before you can learn how to fly. It won't be easy at first, but you should be okay.
The first step is the hardest and most frightening. As Dinah said, you have control over you. You need to recognize this.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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