Desert Flower's Recovery Journal

[Desert Flower]

One question, if you don't mind. Is there really anything to forgive for being sensitive?

That was a good point too, SO, thank you.

[Desert Flower]

And a friendly reminder to myself:

I am not mentally ill. I am having perfectly normal reactions to an abnormal upbringing.

There is nothing wrong with me. I can do this.

[TheBigBlue]

       

[Desert Flower]

Been holding on as best I can, trying to stay here, to not think too much, not being able to relax much.

And as I was finally relaxing a little bit after dinner at the beach just now, I thought about someone's very young part hiding in the closet and how I did my share of hiding in closets and under the bed myself, and then a very young part of mine came out and said: "And now (that M is no longer here), I no longer need to hide how scared I was/am." And that feels beautiful to me. Free.

Things are definitely shifting. Gaining clarity.

[Chart]

What a beautiful entry, DF. Thank you for sharing that small precious awareness.