Over the Shock and GALing 6

[AlexEN]

It is dredging up base childhood fears of not being good enough

Don't feed that snake. One way is to not react the way you did as a child. The other is dispute it - list all of your strengths, accomplishments and friends who love you. Most importantly tell yourself how much you have grown - intellectually, emotionally, physically and spiritually since you started this journey. You are handling it.
Strength and Honor
Cheers
Coach

Thanks Coach,

The reason that I know that it is dredging up these feelings is that I sat here and analyzed why I am feeling so incredibly hurt by it - and that's what I realized.

Realizing has already helped me calm down.

Which means you ARE good enough and brings you right back to the tactical question of what to do about it now... and right back to @Kett's post which could be a good point-of-departure to figure out what feels right and makes sense to you...