A friend of mine once told me that she wished I would share my pain with her as much as I shared my joy. I decided to do that when I left my marriage of half a year to someone I'd loved deeply for 4 years but who could never accept me for me and for whom I contorted who I was to be less 'emotional'. Opening up to the women and some of the men in my life about how dispossessed I felt and receiving their love and kindness and at times just their quiet confidence in me was surprising and a little foreign at first but it has ultimately, over the past two years, been my refuge. I'm so much healthier and stronger for it. Thanks for sharing this, Crunch.
Being held in community is the best healing
A friend of mine once told me that she wished I would share my pain with her as much as I shared my joy. I decided to do that when I left my marriage of half a year to someone I'd loved deeply for 4 years but who could never accept me for me and for whom I contorted who I was to be less 'emotional'. Opening up to the women and some of the men in my life about how dispossessed I felt and receiving their love and kindness and at times just their quiet confidence in me was surprising and a little foreign at first but it has ultimately, over the past two years, been my refuge. I'm so much healthier and stronger for it. Thanks for sharing this, Crunch.