Mantras and Melanoma

One of the issues I worked on with my favorite therapist was my intense feeling of being left out and rejected. This was perhaps left over from being the youngest of 7 children. Too young to accompany my older siblings on fun adventures. Too young to hear or understand family gossip, “Don’t tell the baby.” We came up with a mantra for when the familiar loneliness of perceived rejection bubbled up: I’m okay doing my own thing.