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Trauma: Chasing pavements

I spent almost a decade chasing after someone I could never be with..
I don't know if you know how trauma works, but when you've had a difficult experience, whenever something else comes up, that could be related, even in the slightest to the painful experience that marked you, it sets off like an alarm in you, like "NO, NO, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK!"
And that's what it feels like.
I know I need to do it, but I am not willing to give that much attention, care and love, for nothing in return.

So yea, if there is one thing that hunts me, it would be chasing pavements.
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It happened to me when I was in my twenties as well. Unpleasant and traumatic. I often asked myself why I even bothered , and never have an answer.
@BridgeOvertroubledWaters I think, esp. when we are younger, and esp. if it is a first love / first serious love...many men have a Don Quixote-ish romantic in them in that they want to attain this impossible dream girl and see the quest of pure love in very knightly terms.

And the power of a first love / first serious love cannot be underestimated...

The one thing Freud was clearly correct about is the importance of "first experiences", and the hold which they can have on one for...a very long time.
Thanks for the explanation @SomeMichGuy 🙂
AngelUnforgiven · 51-55, F
It sounds stalkish to me. You have to ask yourself when is enough, enough! That is a decade that you will never get back. And the whole while life was passing you by because there were other things that you didnt do that you could have. You can only chase for so long then it becomes obsession.
jrcervin · 26-30, M
@AngelUnforgiven I have come to understand, kicking myself over what was lost won't make my presence any better. I look back at my younger self and understand he choose to stay out of pure love, and because he really wasn't ready to let go. I honestly wish I had realized sooner, I wish I have left sooner, but that's that. No use in crying over spilled milk.
Wow...very succinct and clear and...

I'm so sorry.
jrcervin · 26-30, M
@SomeMichGuy Thanks
YoMomma ·
I sent three decades fancying someone 🙄 took me that long to get over it or rather get over myself fancying them when it wasn't mutual.. 😳

 
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