There is a lot to process in your post, however I wanted to start with this -
Originally Posted By: vj68
And all the criticism that my life has levelled at me is eating away at my confidence. You begin to have doubts about whether you are a decent, worthy person or whether you really are this person your partner paints you out to be.
Until you realize your worth, your decency comes from within you, you are going to be stuck questioning whether you really are "this person"...
No one, on this face of this earth should control your self-worth and your decency as a human being, that should come from you and you alone.
Trust me.
(((Hugs)))
May All Who Seek To Take My Life Be Put To Shame And Confusion; May All Who Desire My Ruin Be Turned Back In Disgrace. ~Psalm 40:14~