[quote=karen43] I want so much to be strong, confident, and happy...but I'd have to fake it for right now, to be honest! Thank you for responding...I need some more input and perspective.
Looking back, I think I was happier when I started GALing and maybe some of it was "faking". Not on purpose, but if you have to cry or laugh, I would usually choose to laugh. A year later, I realize some of my happiness was kind of faking it, but the funny thing is if you keep busy and faking it for a while, you'll find that you are really happy and it's not a fake. Find some activities that you enjoy, or challenge you, or help others.
Try to do stuff that you wouldn't have considered doing a few years ago. I'm a wimp, and I started doing martial arts, and shy and started doing musical community theatre. You're so busy trying to learn new stuff you don't focus on your problems or WAS as much, and that's a good thing.
