A missed day
Oopsie, I missed a day! Oh well, I realized that to stick to things it’s important to allow for mistakes and slip-ups if you want to stick to things.
I took a bit to just sit here and pet Hash. I don’t know how much time I’ll have with him. I take his health and youth for granted too much I think. I think one of my biggest regrets will be not spending more quality time with him. I wonder if that’s the same for other people too.
I wrote about this a lot in the journaling exercise prior to this post, but I still find myself tainted by this struggle. I don’t really know how to verbalize it, and I don’t know if I should bring it up or even if I would know what to say. It almost feels like the problem shifts around the more I think about it. I don’t know how to pin it down.
I know the symptoms, and they’re things my therapist describes as “the needle swinging too far in the other direction”, but I still feel horribly guilty. I had several different things that reminded me of this person, and for a few windows, I remembered how I felt. I don’t know where it went.
There’s an incredible amount of merit to the phrase “love is killed by anger”. I feel like there’s so much residual anger and it feels like I have nowhere else to put it. I don’t feel comfortable bringing it up, and at least part of that reason is because I don’t even know if it is because of something that I can control. The 5:1 rule tells me to stop, but I don’t even know what I should do or whose fault it is. I wonder if this is because of how prone I am to self-blame, or if it is my fault. I hate when everything stays painted with the same color of self-loathing.
Situation: I followed instructions, and swung the needle like they wanted
Thoughts: I did what they wanted. I think they realized that wasn’t a healthy thing, but it’s kinda late.
Feelings: I feel honestly horrible for multiple reasons. I feel bad because they realized that wasn’t something good, but it’s kinda too late. I feel like maybe we just aren’t compatible as friends because I don’t think it’s healthy for me to have to do things like this.
Behavior: I ruin what used to be a great friendship, or maybe call it when I shouldn’t
Thoughts: I know depression messes with my memory. Maybe I misunderstood another thing or misremembered something. My therapist said that eventually, this will stabilize.
Feelings: I still feel a lot of resentment. There are several things, and it just feels like 5:1 isn’t satisfied anymore.
Behavior: Maybe I just try to put a pause on this until circumstances change? Or maybe I just thug it out in this weird game of limbo until then. I don’t want to be a high-maintenance person, but I have fundamental problems here I think.
It’s getting late for me, but I think I need to do this. Another 10-minute burst of journaling incoming:
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