First of all NEW WEBSITE LAYOUT!! This one feels much more personal to me and my style so im very happy with it.
I've sort of flip flopped in my emotions the past few days - i have a conditions which causes my emotions to be significantly hightened due to my periods and i just started whhich probably explains it, but nonetheless the big emotions are there and they hurt a lot. I love being an emotional person, i love how deeply i can feel about things and people. I never used to feel much, i feel so alive now. But i hate the things it's cost me and the people i've lost because of it; went through a sort of breakup recently and one thing i can't get out of my head is the excuse line. The idea that i make excuses for anxious thoughts by telling people im anxious, and that it's something that is unfair to be in a relationship.
I suppose the concern with that is that despite medication, counselling, and intense amounts of retail therapy, i have always been anxious. Is the expectation that i no longer seek connections? Is that fairer? I suppose in the grand scheme of things it is, no matter how you slice it, it's a burden to put onto someone in a relationship. I keep thinking about how i lost some incredible people by being the way i am, but at the same time they probably weren't my people. Doesn't make it any easier. I want so badly to be loved wiithout conditions, but im so scared of losing everything that i often seem to push away everything. When i look around my room i have souveniers of love decorating every wall but nothing seems to stick. I dont want to just accept that this is the way i am and that it wont change, but I think it'll take time - the question is what do i do in that time? Wallow? It's not even some desperate need for a relationship, more so a frustration with myself.
I've not really talked to anyone about this, i suppose that's why it's been building. I truly was fine for a while but it all seemed to hit me recently. Again probably period but still, feels shit. I guess for now the plan is to keep busy. I dont normally process these things honestly - i havent been single for more than 2 months in over 3 years, and i never really let myself figure out how to navigate adulthood alone. I imagine thats the first step. I dont think i want to stop feeling, but i want to stop this. I just dont know if that's something i have the capacity for, but that's something i'll have to figure out.