You aren’t making me feel worse. Just thinking about it doesn’t usually trigger me. Luckily, or I’d be in tears every time I went to see my therapist! Most of my struggles are to do with self-esteem, with how I think about myself. There are things about myself that I like quite a lot — Summer’s long hair is the same as mine, and it’s a point of pride with me. Same with my writing.

But when it comes to my looks as a whole, or my general niceness as a person, or my skills at almost anything else, I’m very leery of compliments, and I’ll protest as a matter of course that I’m no good. Not worthwhile as a friend or a person. That secrets meme running ‘round the roleplayers? I submitted a couple, about some of my bigger fears.