#selfawareness
9 posts tagged ‘selfawareness’
Drifting Apart From an Old Friend
A friend you used to talk to every day, and now you haven't said a word in months. Sound familiar? You didn't fight. Nothing happened. It just, at some point, b
The Feeling That Nobody Really Knows You
Have you ever been around people and had this thought surface? Nobody here actually knows me. The strange part is that I'm not isolated. There are people I text
Why Family Is the Hardest to Tell
When something hard happens, do you tell your family? I don't. I'll tell a friend, but not my family. The people closest to me. For a long time I thought that w
When "How Have You Been" Is Hard to Answer
Has someone you hadn't heard from in a while asked how you've been, and you couldn't send a reply? You don't want to lie, but saying it's been bad means explain
When You Wonder If a Grown Adult Is Allowed to Cry
When you're about to cry, is there something you do before crying? I run a check. Is this really worth crying over. Am I too old for this. Everyone goes through
When Acting Fine Became a Habit
Do you remember when you started acting fine? I don't. At some point it had simply become the default. My face doesn't change when things are hard. My voice doe
When a Friend's Good News Doesn't Feel Like Good News
Has a close friend ever told you good news, and "congratulations" didn't come out right away? It has happened to me. My mouth said "that's amazing, really," whi
The real reason a diary dies after three days
I once bought a new notebook.I liked the cover, and I thought this time I'd really do it. Day one, I wrote a fair amount. Day two, I wrote. Day three got shorte
don't start with what happened
You decided to keep an emotion journal, opened the notebook, and froze on the first line. Sound familiar? Most people start like this: "Today at work, my manage