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Shocked at how good I've gotten at letting go without feeling devestated.
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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 594297" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>I understand your post, and being able to let go of those that don't deserve holding onto is a good thing, in my book. I was placed in a foster home at age 11, and she was a cruel person, and a substance abuser of fairly monumental proportions, although as a kid, I didn't know that. But in the midst of all of that, you still see the good in the person, on occasion, and you try, try, TRY to win their approval. I never could and it took me a very long time to get over that basic I'm-not-good-enough-to-be-loved feeling. It was certainly a liberating experience to finally let her go out of my life (she actually stopped talking to me many years ago, and I'm still not quite sure why). But when those people stop having any power over your self-worth and you just block them out: it's a good thing, and their loss in my opinion. Guilt? Pffffft. Who has the time to let that take up any real estate in our hearts and heads? I'm too busy with my happy, fulfilling relationships.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 594297, member: 13260"] I understand your post, and being able to let go of those that don't deserve holding onto is a good thing, in my book. I was placed in a foster home at age 11, and she was a cruel person, and a substance abuser of fairly monumental proportions, although as a kid, I didn't know that. But in the midst of all of that, you still see the good in the person, on occasion, and you try, try, TRY to win their approval. I never could and it took me a very long time to get over that basic I'm-not-good-enough-to-be-loved feeling. It was certainly a liberating experience to finally let her go out of my life (she actually stopped talking to me many years ago, and I'm still not quite sure why). But when those people stop having any power over your self-worth and you just block them out: it's a good thing, and their loss in my opinion. Guilt? Pffffft. Who has the time to let that take up any real estate in our hearts and heads? I'm too busy with my happy, fulfilling relationships. [/QUOTE]
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