Dear Woodlawn,

I haven't read your earlier posts but I wanted to congratulate you on your success with depression. You seem to be very much in touch with your "messages from the interior", your true needs. That's no small achievement!

Would it help you to know that anxiety diminishes as the years pass? Partly it's because you learn some of your strengths, with experience, I think, and you become justifiably content with yourself.

As for 'changing' oneself, I love Barbara Sher's teaching that it isn't necessary. ( http://www.geniuspress.com/books.htm ) Maybe just choosing what is better, what you prefer, is easier and more effective.

All my best,
fledgling