As a child, I was fearful day in and day out for well over 24 years living with my biological family.  I learned to exist in this feeling of fear.  This fear-filled place became familiar and I learned how to exist in it. When I left my biological home after marriage, i...

All my life as long as I can remember, I have felt other people’s emotions. As a child I learned to survive in my dysfunctional home by feeling what others were feeling and doing what I could to fix things.  This tendency became a habit I have taken into adulthood.

What...