It’s OK to admit you have to do some work on yourself and release bad habits to be able to align with the things you really want. I don’t think enough of us do that.
as an “actual” private person, i can over confirm that people becomes very odd when they can’t figure you out or what’s truly going on in your life and beyond the surface. most importantly, normalize lying to people who ask too much about your private life. people be weird asf.
my therapist advised, "learn to calm your own storm instead of venting to others. it may feel therapeutic to let it all out, but you reinforce negative thoughts. it’s no one’s job but yours to pull yourself out of your problems. journal, meditate, exercise,and release." felt that