I feel guilty that you never heard back. π
And I think you and I are probably thinking on the same wavelength. I'm feeling better than I ever remember feeling, and I want to help others get out of it, too.
Sandman89
joined 1 year ago
Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy has an almost spiritual importance to me, and I come back to it every year.
Eva had such a perfect voice.
With the understanding that I don't have the knowledge to say that you're anything but absolutely right, I do think that the damage assessment would be tricky when taking mental health and social wellbeing into account.
Just thought it fitting to tell you that this comment of yours that I keep coming back to hit me harder than you might have anticipated. Thank you for sharing.
I take it further in my belief that it was entirely accidental.
I cannot overstate how helpful this little breakdown was for me. I knew every individual thing you said, but you helped me by putting it into words that I think others can understand.
Everything I'm seeing here has been really weirdly relevant to my character arc this season.
Because most of them aren't going to be left holding those houses. They'll get to ride out the end of their life in comfort and safety before passing quietly surrounded by their worthless progeny. Their shit kids and the kids of their shit kids will be left to suffer from both ends (with due justice), with nothing to show for it but empty rooms and a selfish legacy of destruction.
In my experience, the majority is great. The problem is that the loudest and most intrusive ones monopolize all the nearby attention.
My recommendation would be to find some quiet third places in which to seek out people you enjoy being around.
Just began the process of divorcing my wife of 4 years for having a sexual relationship with someone I've been friends with for over 20 years. With the marriage goes my sense of financial security, a cohesive circle of close friends, a stable place to live, an adorable pup, and pretty much the entirety of my life plans for the next five years. I'm living paycheck to paycheck, and only barely so.
But I've learned to rely on myself and my resolve a lot more, and the relationship I've begun to forge with my inner-self is something I wouldn't trade away for anything. And I've become a lot closer with the friends I've retained, or it feels like I have.