Why am I afraid of being alone?
Afraid of being alone? It may not be loneliness you're avoiding. It might be whoever shows up when no one else is in the room.
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Afraid of being alone? It may not be loneliness you're avoiding. It might be whoever shows up when no one else is in the room.
Freedom feels more frightening than being stuck because the cage is doing something for you. Until you see what, the door will keep looking like...
Why do I always put myself last? Sometimes it's not just sacrifice. It's a way of never having to find out what you actually want.
You can't go back to who you used to be because she lived in conditions that no longer exist. The grief is real. The door...
Caught between an old self and a new one? The in-between isn't a gap to cross. It might be where you actually live right now.
Why does withdrawing feel right even though it scares me? Often the pull and the fear are both accurate, and they're pointing at different things.
Restless but nothing sounds good? It might not be that you've stopped wanting. It might be that what you used to want has quietly gone...
Why do I feel invisible? Sometimes the disappearing is something we're doing, not something being done to us. A look at the quieter mechanism.
Homesick for a place that doesn't exist? The longing may be geography for a state you've been in briefly and don't know how to find...
Feeling more yourself alone? It may not mean solitude is where you live. It may mean something switches on in company that doesn't belong to...
Success feels empty when the goal belonged to someone else's voice inside you. A dialogue about what's left when the striving is done.
The feeling of something missing often isn't about a missing thing. It's about a quieter absence most people never name.