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I journaled today about the unfelt grief I still have over the loss of my husband over a year ago. It is the root cause of my depression I realized and so I felt the pain and the hurt and I teared up. I am still grieving losing my soulmate. I am in so much pain and I miss him so much. I have also realized that I have been too hard on myself with regrets which is part of being a human being. I thought I would have more time with him and I am changing so much on the inside as his loss was very traumatic to me. I expect it will take years to fully heal from his being out of my life.
I realize that I was ready to contact my brother but would not do so until he had a medical emergency. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I would have liked to do so under much better circumstances. But it is what it is.
I realize that I am better without abusive dad, he is too negative for me. He was never dad to me and will never be. I can live much better without him.
I realized that I wanted to share a little thought with you on your realization.:shy: Because of your loving heart, do not fear knowing you are better off but remembering any "good" times as well.
I was offered once by a well known PhD T., such simple words, "Bad people do good things sometimes and good people do bad things at times. This makes it hard."
So we must hold onto what is dear in both cases in order to honor ourselves and our Higher Power.
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I realize that I may stick my nose in where it does not belong at times...but that could be why I was given such a big nose.:clown:
@Recovery4Me Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and things you learned. That helped me very much and thank you for compliment. :hug: Gentle friendly hug. :)
I realize that I can tell my "real" friends that I need down time (and that is enough to share). I do not have to tell them why. And if I feel that they can not respect my boundaries, then I just enforce my personal space for a bit.
I realize, that at times, I need to do self-care, feed my own reserve and prune my garden.:clown: There are seasons for everything.
Recovery4Me. thank you so much for clarifying some things for me. I really appreciate so much for what you said. I need to work on the self care today and take good care of me until I feel better.
luv ya @gizmo :hug:
One day at a time.
Be gentle on yourself this season as grieving is draining as well as needed to move forward. Friendships with strong roots really last.