'How Do I Survive This Ongoing Hell?'

You have to believe, in your heart, that you deserve nice things.

Interior with Sudden Joy (1951) by Dorothea Tanning

Hi Polly.

I am a regular reader of your column and I have contemplated writing to you for any number of issues to get your perspective, but I haven't, because I was afraid that I would be taking space and healing from someone who actually needed help. Now that I write this I feel like I sound deranged fo…