I started therapy this week and saying things out loud broke something open in me
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This community is lucky to have someone willing to be this honest. You make it safer for the rest of us to be real too.
What you are feeling makes complete sense given everything you described. You are allowed to feel it without rushing to fix it or apologise for it.
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