The day I learned it’s not just me

Claire
4 min readJan 7, 2021

that should be expected to compromise…

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I chose to live in a shared house because living alone was bad for my mental health: Having low self-esteem, little awareness of what was good for me and not believing I was worth anything to anyone, prevented me reaching out more than once for social contact. I knew taking the risk to reach out was important. But if I was knocked back, I would feel rejected and…

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Claire

Adventurer, word-lover, nature-enthusiast, psychotherapist, creative.