Happy Birthday! I can also relate to all of those thoughts. Like is it ok to just enjoy life and family and be a decent person to those around me? No agenda?! When you said something about hyper vigilance made me wonder about the mindfulness methods I’ve been learning to change habits. I wonder if I’m still trying to improve myself but it is a lot about acceptance and loving-kindness to yourself and being curious about things. We shall see. :)
Happy Birthday! Mine is in a few days. I can so relate to all of your musings. It's so nice to just be able to enjoy life now and go easy on myself rather than always feeling like I'm falling short of living up to impossible standards. I am so much happier in my own skin post-deconstruction.
Happy belated Joy! I hope you had a wonderful day however you chose to mark it. 🌸
Happy Birthday! I can also relate to all of those thoughts. Like is it ok to just enjoy life and family and be a decent person to those around me? No agenda?! When you said something about hyper vigilance made me wonder about the mindfulness methods I’ve been learning to change habits. I wonder if I’m still trying to improve myself but it is a lot about acceptance and loving-kindness to yourself and being curious about things. We shall see. :)
Happy Birthday! Mine is in a few days. I can so relate to all of your musings. It's so nice to just be able to enjoy life now and go easy on myself rather than always feeling like I'm falling short of living up to impossible standards. I am so much happier in my own skin post-deconstruction.
Happy Birthday! Your writing is such a blessing.