One of my biggest problems is I am passive/aggressive with low self-esteem and overly sensitive. My mom always told me for years that my over sensitivity will only make trouble for you. Boy was she right. I was told in the hospital that all people who suffer from depression are overly sensitive but I could work on that so I am not.
Again, that comes from how I was raised. My parents do not have high self-esteem either. When I was a boy, I guess I was being fresh (I was always told that) and I can't remember who said other then an adult relative, but I was told I would never amount to anything. And that was told in front of my parents who said nothing so I believed it of course. I grew up feeling that I was never good enough because I heard that crap for so many years. Thankfully, I never abused my kids that way. So you see, I do have a lot of baggage and I need to work on me. Then in dealing with my W and her family, they made me feel the same way and I found myself being the child of these bad memories all over again. Had I had a better opinion of myself, I wouldn't let what my IL say to me even bother me.
