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[quote=Anonymous]Overall, I'd say that if I talked about my childhood to anybody, they would respond as though it was a good, though not ideal, one. Involved parents, extended family around, good schools, lots of money, every opportunity and tons of treats.

However, my mom was very critical of me. Never really in an inappropriate or abusive way, just things like, "You don't need seconds" or "You should be more ladylike." I never doubted she loved me very much. However, the sheer everyday volume of these remarks had the lasting of effect of me having low self confidence and being very very hard on myself.

I never connected that to my mom's behavior until I was grown up and came across a letter I had written to myself as a teen, detailing some of these remarks I had heard from her. They were the same ones that I had been saying to myself as an adult in my head.

For what it's worth, I had therapy for low self-confidence but haven't been able to get to a healthy place with self esteem/negative self-talk. [/quote]

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