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Cheer me up.
- Thread starter nefertiti
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Avoiding the uncomfortable is childish and, more often than not, more detrimental than confronting it up front.
I've known some people that have a tendency to internalize and bottle things up... I've never been that way, so I guess it's hard for me to really understand.
Why is this almost impossible when you're by yourself? Do you have any close friends to talk to? Family?
I taught myself very young to bury emotions as a coping mechanism. Pain sits in my stomach like a pit....a physical illness. I need help to get past the barriers I learned to put up at an early age. I hate it, it's not that I'm not feeling it. I am. I just can't get it out, release it, unless I have the right prompts from the right person. Or the hurt becomes so acute that I can't subconsciously hold it in.
I have some people I could talk to but I don't want to call anyone this late.
you could totally call one of us
I promise not to touch myself if it's me
no that's a lie, I make no guarantees.
