this is in the context of abandonment, but it applies to any feeling. something i take from it: the "void" isn't what feels bad, it's the idea that we shouldn't be feeling a void at all. and there is no way to avoid it, so it benefits us to have compassion towards the feeling
I’m coming to terms with the reality that there are always going to be periods in my life when, despite all my achievements, there is going to be an inexplicable void that I’m going to have to learn to sit with. I don’t think we were destined to experience replete fulfilment.
took a writing course and i don’t think it improved my writing skills, but it did
- motivate me to write every day and stick to a deadline
- motivate me to write even if i felt it was bad
- motivate me to read books about writing so i’d feel proud of my work
Can someone from a non-traumatic background who was shy as a kid and/or is currently shy explain shyness? Like what are you afraid of? I’ve never understood this.
ive gone to therapy for my anxiety for years and ive gotten to the point where if im ever anxious about something i can just tell myself i dont care and then i stop caring about it.
and then i read another reply that's like "i'll feel bad :(" and i'm like so what again. i can survive feeling a little bad. i've never thought to look at shyness this way until now. or maybe i did, but i wasn't in the headspace for it to really sink in...