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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up nurtured but often on the edge of the poverty line. Then into a middle class existence once my dad was able to get a better position. I was able to attend college only because I got scholarships. I never felt truly lacking in anything, and figured hard work and perseverance would be my ticket into a life with some predictable degree of...SOMEthing.

Boy was I wrong about that! All kinds of things can happen that we are simply not prepared for. After my mother died of cancer, I was NOT prepared for the terrible fallout from her death, the demoralizing nature of how people in general seem to treat one another, the impace of a slouse who developed a mental illness, etc etc etc.

So, OP, you may have been spoiled as you say, but stop beating yourself up over not being prepared for life being different than you expected, because I know almost NOone whose life turned out like the expected.

I suggest moving away from expectation and turning to gratitude. Be grateful for what you have and compassionate towards those who do not have these things.

Also realize that having been given resources doesnt make you a bad or ill prepared person any more than a life of hard knocks turns everyone into a success story. Just be yourself and work on being comfortable with who and not what you are. Where there is work to be done on that, do it. It sounds like you are zeroing in on an area of yourself you want to work on It may be different than what you are expressing, but its your first clue.

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