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Wanting love but being scared of getting hurt looks like:
Being attracted to partners you know aren’t good for you
Pushing away the ones who are actually kind & consistent
Mistaking chaos with chemistry
Sabotaging healthy connections before they get too deep
Feeling anxious when someone gets too close
Creating distance just when things start to feel good
Seeking validation but rejecting genuine intimacy
Constantly testing people to see if they’ll leave
Telling yourself you’re better off alone but secretly craving closeness
Settling for “almost” relationships to avoid the risk of real ones
Believing love is always followed by loss
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i'm so tempted to respond to this with a history speech and the effects the victorian era had on on our parents (and their parents) and how it influenced and affects younger generations... but yes. It takes 3 generations for cultural shifts and just because a previous generation functioned a certain way (be with with little knowledge on health and being influenced by government changes) does not mean it is healthy or should continue
Adding to this that programming ourselves out of codependency and people pleasing (amongst other core main issues) makes it easier for us to evolve out of and experience less trauma caused by this
Like I said, I could give a SPEECH on this
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i love the last post. how do you fulfill yourself within? i definitely chase and keep bothering people who let me go because i look for people to complete me and i want to be enough
Personal fulfillment is personal. No one is going to fill that void for you… and I say that with so much love because I had to learn it the hard way too
We think if we could just be enough for someone that we will finally feel whole. Wholeness comes from within, how we talk to ourselves, how we show up for ourselves, how we soothe ourselves etc
Everything is a reflection of us
So how do you complete yourself, how do you feel enough…
Keep promises to yourself
Speak kindly to yourself
Spend time alone
Create for fun
Move your body
Set boundaries
Celebrate your wins
Let yourself feel
Connect spiritually
Basically fully focus on yourself. This sounds simple, because it is and that’s exactly how life should be
Funny how anyone can read this and be like “it’s too easy, that can’t work” (many such cases) because so many people are wired for survival and think things need to be complicated or have to suffer…. YOU DO NOT! 🤍
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