When will we be enough?

I absolutely hear the previous poster - re: self validation may result in everyone living in a cave (and I get the risk!) but I can't help but say it does, indeed, start with *you*.  I went through a period of enormous stress and anxiety based upon being criticised and being told I was worthless.  Ultimately there was nothing I could do about that.  But the thing  that I could do was to remind myself of all the things I was good at and had achieved and all the people who loved/liked/respected me and who I, perhaps, hadn't seen/acknowledged.