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veen · 3509 days ago · link · · parent · post: What event has caused you, if ever, to have a major conceptual shift in your way of thinking? / Have you ever lost your religion?
Finally realizing that I'm not a worthless piece of shit; that I could free myself from my self-deprecative attitude; that I mean something to the people around me.
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Both. The realization was when two of my closest friends pointed my attitude out to me. It was one of my defense mechanisms, so I didn't see it myself. That moment was a couple of years ago - I'm still working on it. But my self-worth, and in turn my confidence, is still growing, even though I sometimes have moments of doubt. There's obviously more to it than this, but that's a bit too personal to post on the Internet.