There’s every chance you will live with your difficulties at some level forever – that doesn’t mean they will be prominent all the time.

Everyone has ‘issues’, the list of potential ones is long.

In my experience we can get really good at recognising poor brain patterns, dysfunctional behaviours and negative feelings. Then become experts at managing them away.

Like everything it takes practice. Sharing with others and getting good support can help too – be brave and do the work. You can definitely knock the edges off them and soften their effect over time.

Above all – be kind to yourself and patient. It’s annoyingly true that self mastery is a constant effort.