* H had the power to impact my feelings about myself I am not sure how to detach from this...
No man should ever hold this power over you (or woman, or parent or whatever).
There is only one way that i know of that this is going to happen and that is to start loving yourself so much so no one elses opinion will ever amount to anything but a stupid-assed opinion.
Whether it was rejection, dismissiveness, abusive talk or constant put downs by the person who 'loves' you, i think that it all turns around the same.
Understand your worth, beauty within, being grateful fr what you have and mostly learning to grab life by the balls and start living.
It looks to me like you are ready to get started, am i right???
