You can know it was final.
You can know why it ended.
You can feel clear about .incompatibilities and timing.
And the heart still says: I miss her 😰.
Tag: emotional
Reality Testing
Intense feelings that are separate from the situation’s reality. Must be tested. Seek external perspectives, check assumptions, focus on facts, be objective, logical, ask questions, and grab a paper and pen to tally negative self-labels against actual behaviors to analyze discrepancies.
Validation Hunger
External affirmation in pursuit of intensity, admiration and reassurance. Not for connection itself but instead to stabilize the fragile internal self structure.
I Never Cry
The stabilizer cannot destabilize. So dry your eyes and toughen up. There is dirty work to be done, it’s time to pull those sleeves up.
Trauma-Coded Masculinity
Being emotionally available and absent must be so exhausting. Your old habit of passive aggression has been adamant on making a come back in a g
