I have TERRIBLE anxiety. I go into complete panic mode when I go to assert myself, especially in romantic relationships. I have brought up things that bother me before several times, but it’s always SUPER hard for me and it’s not always well received and then I keep my mouth shut and never get what I want and need in relationships because of it. 

I feel like a shell of who I really am. My self esteem is SHOT and I just end up agreeing with everything and being a people pleaser while suffering in silence because I’m afraid of what they’ll say or think of me. I hate it because that’s not who I am. I am super empathetic so I always think first of how they’ll feel and then I feel guilty and sad blahblahblah. I’m over it.

Any tips on how to change this? Or any success stories of people who used to be like this and have overcome it? I need confidence and to get myself BACK in a baddddddd way.