Traveling Through Time to Connect My Feelings to the Past Where They Belong

<p>After years of studying the matter, both on and off the couch, I have a pretty clear thesis on why I struggle emotionally.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*9PkeE0tK-V0DdrTw.jpg" style="height:805px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Developmental injuries left me feeling periodically worthless and unlovable, which I have been ineffectually trying to remedy by frantically scrambling to somehow make myself more lovable and worthwhile.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*9Tm5FvAW5Xg-iR8x.jpg" style="height:857px; width:700px" /></p> <p>I&rsquo;ve since learned that worth and love need not be hard to earn. Making a contribution and not being an ass are pretty much all it takes. Or should take. But that wasn&rsquo;t my experience and the repercussions are still echoing through my nervous system.</p> <p><a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/traveling-through-time-to-connect-my-feelings-to-the-past-where-they-belong-8f6b0eb510b2"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>