Hi everyone!

So this is hard to explain but I'm just now realizing I've been distantly and subtly gaslighted, suppressed, and brainwashed by NVM I interact with either friendly-wise or "energetically" (like connection or emotional openness).

I know myself. I may be sweet, but I have a hell of a personality, fiestiness, and boldness about me. Recently I've been feeling like a meek, wall-flower, motherly woman who has no pride or backbone. But that's NOT ME! I feel like what makes me -> me has been taken away from me subtly and I don't know how to get it back.

Every time I try to explain this to someone, they point it back to my mental illness. (Depression, anxiety, and mild bipolar).