“Everybody deserves a chance to heal, but you gotta make sure your kind heart doesn’t cause you to become a bandage for a person who’s only making you bleed”
To have the life you want, you need to start the practice of disappointing people. Teach yourself that adults are capable of being upset, and that your role isn’t to fix everyone else’s issues. Anxiety and depression are signals that you’re neglecting, you.
I know I overplay my part. I want to genuinely give out the love I want to receive. I love hard, to the point of hurting my own feelings. I’ll never change that aspect of myself though because I know I show up honest, real, and as me. So if I seem distant just know I caught on
The last 8 months made it clear to me to not ignore my intuition anymore. If I get an off feeling about anything, I’m trusting my instincts. Too many times I’ve been convinced not to listen to my intuition just to be proven right in the long run.
People don’t lie to you because the truth might hurt your feelings. They lie to you because the truth might provoke you to make choices that no longer serve their interests.