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As you have every right to be.
I have friends who are so busy with their lives that their best & truest friends? They only connect with once every few years. And friends who are gutted/shattered if they don’t receive a response in moments, much less minutes, and forget about days/weeks/months/years. Both? Are EQUALLY valid need/wants in a relationship.
If yours & theirs misalign? That doesn’t make either of you a bad person. Or invalid in what you need or want in those closest to you.
Thank you Friday, I appreciate it!
In some ways, I feel better than I've felt in months re the whole situation.
In otherwise I feel tired - either because I'm in a weird life season generally, or because maybe I'm suddenly processing the whole situation from a place of feeling more grounded and safe (I've spent much of the last year feeling 'fight or flighty' and 'wired' to some degree).
Either way, I'm happy to be feeling better in lots of respects, but the tiredness thing is a little troubling.
I'm noticing my capacity for social interaction has gone right down just at the moment, and I really want to crawl into my own little cave and sleep for a little while!
Anyway, I'm taking it as encouraging sign for myself, and it also probably doesn't hurt me to keep the perspective that I *can* expect to feel fully myself again in time, and some people struggling with long term mental health conditions don't have that luxury.
So I guess it doesn't hurt me to remember that I'm also pretty blessed, in that regard at least :)
(I don't want to wallow too much on a forum where people have been through far worse - I just kind of... want to honour myself the right amount, while keeping some perspective too!)