Self-knowing

In my 30s, I began to find out who I really was -- hard won, hard fought lessons in the school of hard knocks. But all those challenges were slowly but surely shaping me into someone who was finally overcoming the PTSD, had gone from poverty to the middle class, and had started to develop strong relationships and friendships and more importantly to become a person free from the toxic habits and mindsets that made me socially isolated in the first place.reddit.com