I appreciate being part of The Inner Compass method. I have been struggling to find and recognise myself in this world. I did not know the emotional abuse I endured up to the age of 23 by my mother. Everything changed when I moved out of her house and was thrown into a world I appreciate now. I still believed up to the age 28 years old that your family is your parents and siblings. I was fortunate that the family I was looking for was put in my path from the age of 23. I got the love I was expecting from my parents and my two younger brothers I never experienced from others. My family never accepted me, they have shunned me, my opinion was never accepted and was always wrong. It has taken other people to show me my worth. I was treated kindly by strangers for a reason, a season and now I have them for a lifetime. From their kindness I learnt how to accept kindness, later in my life I started treating myself kindly. I had a breakdown 6 years ago because of an experience because I was fighting for acceptance in an exclusive relationship. I sought help and was blessed to have my psychologist up until today and was diagnosed with ADHD 4 years ago. When this pilot project started I also just started meds for the first time. I am sorry I missed the second night, I was extremely overwhelmed with medication and intensity for me of the group. Too much resonated and I was overloaded, call me sensitive. I stopped the medication after 30 days on 1st July. The medication made a huge difference in me staying focused, I am somehow keeping the same momentum without meds thus far. Joining in the group has also contributed in my reset, knowing that there are others going through the emotions of ADHD. I am not ashamed by the term, I have told my peoples about it and they were happy for me. They see me differently as I have seen myself and support me to be a better version of myself. It is a fact we are all different, I am embracing my differences and we all have our part on this journey.