It was just a random invitation. She didn’t think accepting it would have such a heavy cost. When it was all over, she wondered, was it all a dream?
Tag: self-structure
Psychological Play
For me, our metaphors feel natural, even intimate. Psychological metaphors are how I signal confidence without collapse.
Many may enjoy the glow of the fire, without being able to tolerate the gravity.
Back up from the fire, if you don’t want to get burned.
Quiet Power
2025 Recap
This is not a poem written from longing, rage, or collapse. It is written from post withdrawal clarity. No longer negotiating reality. The self has become the reference point again.
The quiet power here is not dominance it’s non-engagement without collapse.
Adhesive Ambiguity
Unblocked projection is a sign of psychological readiness not weakness. It means that you’re in a world is active, your psyche is searching for relational embodiment, and your future self is organizing.
However, to hold the symbolic role within a projection, there must be some reciprocation of/in reality.
Intellectualize It
Thinking preserved self continuity when feeling did not protect against emotional engulfment, relational collapse, identity diffusion or being pulled into someone else’s gravity.
Just make sure you sequence the process properly for maximum effect.
And that is sufficient for now.
the Purgatory of a Broken Heart 