numbedtoe July 24th, 2021, 11:28 pm But you do, cause you shared it here. You threw out into the ether that you are struggling and reverting to harmful behaviors. And that’s a win. Even in dark humor or self deprecation we can give ourself an opportunity to better stability.
So now many you can take a breath and go ok. Ok. What if I did less? What if I took a walk or cleaned my bathroom or whatever it is that deviates the pattern. Sometimes i find even setting an alarm and going “for 30 minutes I will do the opposite of this. Or clean or something different. Not always better just different.
Sometimes when I can’t for my own reasons, usually physical, but I will make it 10 minutes. 10 minutes of tidying up over coping mechanisms that I know I personally need to work on. sometimes that few minutes resets me. Sometimes it doesn’t at all, and I just got a little chore done and ten minutes where I wasn’t reverting to what I tend to do. That’s perfectly ok too. Cause I figure if athletes train for greatness and it takes them years to get to where they want to be, how am I going to be any different? Most of us need some training wheels and every little bit counts and keeping score isn’t always a good idea.
So I’m sorry it’s fucking with your head and your heart and hell if it were me, possibly my sex drive too. Loneliness happens. You know if it’s worth it for real or bullshit and you have had that Avenue shown to you before. You know you don’t want to go there cause it’s not a good fit. It sucks when we have feelings and see someone for who they could be, but yet they aren’t yet. They may never be, but they could be, and it can be hell to see that. So I hope you are able to find your reset and your calmness and confidence that you moved on. Even if it’s for a moment, try to be kind to yourself as you’d really like someone to be to you, or you would be to someone else. Self kindness and care are so hard.
You deserve kindness. You deserve to be treated with respect and care.
You are ok and more so than you know. After all you are still here and that ain’t for nothing.
__onthebound July 24th, 2021, 11:03 pm The emotionally unavailable person I had a pandemic situation with for 8mo and I were over in May but I pushed through to June because I was attached and attracted. Suddenly the last 3d he is viewing every story. And I post 10+ stories some days. And never all at once. I called him on it and he said "sorry to upset you, it came up as I was watching other stories"...FOR THREE DAYS!? Ugh. I had been doing SO WELL. And now I'm all knocked off again. So I'm coping the only way I know how. Bingeing until I am so nauseous I can't move. Because I have healthy healing mechanisms.
numbedtoe July 24th, 2021, 11:28 pm But you do, cause you shared it here. You threw out into the ether that you are struggling and reverting to harmful behaviors. And that’s a win. Even in dark humor or self deprecation we can give ourself an opportunity to better stability. So now many you can take a breath and go ok. Ok. What if I did less? What if I took a walk or cleaned my bathroom or whatever it is that deviates the pattern. Sometimes i find even setting an alarm and going “for 30 minutes I will do the opposite of this. Or clean or something different. Not always better just different. Sometimes when I can’t for my own reasons, usually physical, but I will make it 10 minutes. 10 minutes of tidying up over coping mechanisms that I know I personally need to work on. sometimes that few minutes resets me. Sometimes it doesn’t at all, and I just got a little chore done and ten minutes where I wasn’t reverting to what I tend to do. That’s perfectly ok too. Cause I figure if athletes train for greatness and it takes them years to get to where they want to be, how am I going to be any different? Most of us need some training wheels and every little bit counts and keeping score isn’t always a good idea. So I’m sorry it’s fucking with your head and your heart and hell if it were me, possibly my sex drive too. Loneliness happens. You know if it’s worth it for real or bullshit and you have had that Avenue shown to you before. You know you don’t want to go there cause it’s not a good fit. It sucks when we have feelings and see someone for who they could be, but yet they aren’t yet. They may never be, but they could be, and it can be hell to see that. So I hope you are able to find your reset and your calmness and confidence that you moved on. Even if it’s for a moment, try to be kind to yourself as you’d really like someone to be to you, or you would be to someone else. Self kindness and care are so hard. You deserve kindness. You deserve to be treated with respect and care. You are ok and more so than you know. After all you are still here and that ain’t for nothing.
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