Nothing gives me "the ick" more than that feeling I get after I let someone cross my boundaries. Not ever wanting to be "rude" or make someone feel uncomfortable, ashamed or rejected, I said yes to things or accepted behaviours that didn't make me feel good.

We live in a society where failure is seen as weakness, and anything less than perfect is seen as a failure

Many of us are prone to catastrophic thinking. We all have a moment when we think, 'I've ruined my life.' This is the story of how I ruined mine.