The Struggle is Real
I began writing this series of ideas down more than once... and stepped away each time I became so enraged by what I was writing. There is no point to me raging about the political state we're in. There are plenty of people who are better equipped to write about the politics and others who are better suited to offer encouragement and direction. I have none of those skills. If anything I have an excess of fear and anxiety. For nearly fifty years I hid away my emotions as best I could, thinking it would keep me safe. It would be easy to blame my father for instilling that belief... he's dead and can't argue with me. As a child, I was sure he was right, as most children believe their parents to be right. I built a box to put those feelings into and when the box was full, I stacked it on top of the other boxes full of emotions. Every now and again, the box would overflow and the emotions would pour out in an "uncontrolled outburst" as my therapist explained it. Every...
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