I am grateful to all people who have accepted the intensity and extreme nature of my being. I tried to conform. Worked to behave. I have failed at even with professional help for over half a century. Any ideas how I can explain it without feeling such shame and failure?

Being human is freaking hard. I feel like I fail at it pretty much every day. The shame I think is a lie and deception. I think it tries to insert itself whenever we get real about ourselves. Being real is strength & being real is transparency, and maybe it’s also a superpower.

Clint I used to say things exactly like that and I know they're true and yet they seem so far away so I thank you so much for writing words so very similar to something I've said it got through my head thank you so much.

I want to thank you for what you said because as I read it I was reading myself as well. It helped me feel like some of these same struggles aren’t just me.