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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learn to forgive yourself for lack of perfection. 
Seek therapy if needed. Is this how you want to live?[/quote]

No - but I wake up with an intention to have a nice day which does not work out by the end of the day.
Guaranteed.
I accomplished more than I planned work-wise today so I found something else to be really mad about - that we got flooded… probably because we picked the wrong house… probably because the spouse actually bought it without my opinion….

This is just one example…

Therapy will make me a weak person which will make me feel even worse. It means I could not cope with something on my own![/quote]

No it does not mean you are weak at all to start therapy, it actually takes strength to reach out. I wonder if you just stopped letting yourself feel...all feelings. Beneath the anger there may be hurt or vulnerability....but you ignore those aspects of yourself maybe? This hardens you versus getting softer as you age, which is really not weakness..it's an acceptance of life on life's terms which means grieving losses...and going deeper and being vulnerable. I hope you will consider treatment and perhaps thinking a bit more about what you can contribute.[/quote]

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