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Shift the admiration to yourself.
Shift the admiration to yourself.
What life’s like on the other side of an epic healing journey
I was done with the drama, and I was done seeing myself so low and unworthy.
I used to think that life is black and white and I could trust the system, but it’s sadly not the case.
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Please, put away your lectures and grow some empathy.
Feelings are not “calls to action.” You should not factor them in your decision-making process.
Doing morally ambiguous things — even moderately — for instant gratification while assuming minimal consequences is short-sighted at best.
Part of me is still holding onto what I always knew while the rest is progressively rewriting the narrative of me.
What advice did they both give?
After much hindsight, reflection, and many earnest conversations, I discovered the five characters featured in the stories of all of my solid long-term relationships.
For the first time in my life, I actually don’t feel bad about being perpetually single or rushed to change my relationship status.
When uncertainty looms over and many sources of comfort are severed, anxiety is inevitable and fear might deplete your strength. It might feel like part of who you are has been taken away and you’re at a loss as to how to fill yourself up again.
There are always some issues here and there, there will be times when I feel down and depressed, but at least now I know for a fact that I’m whole and I’m enough for myself and I’m committed to maintaining this healthy headspace regardless of where I am at in life.
Being present isn’t easy. Letting go of the familiarity and comfort of past experiences, even the bad ones, isn’t easy. When we walk head-straight and step into the unknown with both eyes wide-open, it can be nerve-wracking.
Our issues and my past issues rolled into a ball too ugly and heavy that it took me months and months to crawl out of it.
Now I don’t think that I need a boyfriend to be happy but as a well-rounded person who has other aspects of her life in order, I do care about having a good relationship.
My biggest takeaway from all this bullshit is that oxytocin is a real bitch. You can’t date like me.
I’m so grateful and hopeful. I’m proud of myself for the fact that even in the most stressful times, I’ve never stopped working on myself.