It’s funny how sharing your own story brings out things others have also experienced in one way or another. The scars we try to hide, the wounds we try to ignore, the hurts and pains we try to demolish in our own minds. All gets brought to the surface of thought by words, written or spoken, by strangers we have never met in life.

The inner feelings and emotions that come from the past shape us in so many ways. The hurts can cause us to learn helplessness. Wanting to live in a shell, where our emotions never connect to anyone who can hurt...