Cat, that is an awesome post. I think I've been starting to work on this, too. So many good things in your post.
Kizzie, that is brilliant. It explains a lot about me, too. I like being around people, but they can pull so much out of me. I really really don't self reference around others.
Quote from: Kizzie on March 06, 2015, 08:20:13 PM
Wow, had a big aha or connect the dots moment just now. Part of the reason I don't like to let other people in is because they take up too much space, I feel pulled out of myself because I have to be other-referenced. I get it now - I am not unsociable or narcissistic as I feared, I just don't know how to self-reference around other people. I lose myself when I am around other people not because there is no real me, but because I have been trained to submerge myself in favour of others. Holy cow, this explains so much
Kizzie, that is brilliant. It explains a lot about me, too. I like being around people, but they can pull so much out of me. I really really don't self reference around others.