The 'emotional' backpack is a metaphor I use in therapy with clients... I thought mine was empty but turns out there are hidden compartments?! Maybe you will relate to this...

I was 13 in 1990, so my formative years were influenced by the so called 'magical' decade before it all changed...but was it really that magical?

You find yourself hoping for things to change; you want a ‘better’ love life, boundaries and to make choices that feel good. You doom scroll on insta searching for answers. You’ve read the posts, followed all the advice that should help, yet somehow they aren’t working and you end up doubting yourself even more.and get attached to external forces that appear to create a certainty you can’t create yourself.