Struggled to keep her composure, triumph of her self-possession, the person so often encased in armor, not too hardened to inspire, catalogs her wounds, guarded by nature, constant challenge to protect herself emotionally, difficult adjustment, thin-skinned and took criticism hard, doubting nature, her defensiveness, cold realist, variously combative or stoic, deeply wounded and crying and blaming herself.
I needed an oxygen mask and a bottle of Tylenol after reading this tedious nonsense.