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Lately I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed.

With everything going on in the world, my friends and family back home have been checking in a lot. I genuinely feel so loved and supported by them and it means everything.

But being far away while they worry about me, thinking I’m living alone, just adds another layer of heaviness. I want to comfort them, but I’m also trying to keep myself steady.

And then there’s the people around me at work…they say I’m too aloof or distant. Like I’m the issue but no one can actually tell me what the issue is. Just vague feelings and judgment, like I’m wrong for coping the way I do.

It’s a strange thing to feel deeply loved from far away, and misunderstood right next to you.

I know I’ve been posting a lot of sad stuff lately, sorry if that’s been heavy to see. I’m just trying to process everything the only way I know how right now.
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Ferric67 · M
I have something similar with my family

They almost seem consigned to the fact that they’ve lost me in some way

They’re failing to realize, that I’m doing what I need to do right now in order to get to where I need to get

and that’s a better place than they ever envisioned for me

People often fall in the trap of only seeing a situation through one vantage point, and that point being from their own perspective.


One of my biggest strengths is understanding multiple perspectives and gaining insight to the thought processes and motivations (intentions) that propels others to do and say the things that they do

I often say, it’s not the act that I react to….but the intent behind the act
I try my best to keep my emotions away from making my decisions
mindstruggle · 31-35, F
@Ferric67
I
try my best to keep my emotions away from making my decisions
I have loads of emotions and I hate it.