Well, you may have opened up a can of worms here EG (as I write my somewhat lengthy reply). This woman's monologue is POWERFUL!! Her "story" was most likely born from all the disappointments and bottled-up emotions that she didn't feel safe enough to release and share at the time she was having each experience. She didn't feel safe enough to share her doubts, insecurities, and heart-broken feelings for fear of further criticisms and put-downs. So, you see what happens when we keep "stuffing" our feelings like a pressure cooker that is about to explode? Like the woman in this video, we often develop addictions to help us cope.

This is why I don't 100% agree with the New Age idea that "Life is Just a Story," and how we shouldn't allow any negative thoughts or emotions to enter our space -- because if we buy into the theory that "life is just a story," then we trivialize our brokeness and confusion. And, if we continue stuffing away our difficult emotions in order to avoid their impact, then I believe they will only come back to haunt us with an even more fierce vengeance. Life is more than a trivial story -- it is the greatest opportunity to learn lessons of Love, Trust, Authenticity, Purpose, Passion, and Compassion. If Life Experiences teach us these lessons, then Life will definitely become a story -- The Greatest Story Ever Told!!

It is indeed very powerful and so overflowing with truth....the truth is that I/we, are sensitive soul beings..the truth is that I/we are not instructed from childhood how to handle our gift of sensitivity to the energetics that we are bombarded with every day...I/we do not and are not allowed to express our feelings...and that led me to not knowing what I was feeling...so there was constant confusion in my life too...it didn't matter what I did, I couldn't get it right and I always got it wrong....nearly all of my life I have functioned from that point of view...not good enough,,,dumb and stupid...I even went to university in my 40s to get a uni degree to prove that I 'knew that I know'. The thing was though, it wasn't the type of knowing I was looking for...later I found it was truth knowing from my heart and soul...that I KNEW all the things that I was told I didn't know....does that make sense to you Ecstatic?

The greatest thing I see now with my daughter her partner and my 6 year young grandson is that he is allowed to express....they help him identify what he is feeling...although from a small repoitiore of feelings and emotions...nonetheless it is wonderful and he has such compassion for one so young...