It’s going to hurt… get ok with it.
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It’s going to hurt… get ok with it.
Something I thought about today. After I got amazing feedback (thank you all) from my earlier post today. It’s going to hurt I can’t avoid it. I will have to go through the pain … I can’t avoid it. Not if I want to get to the other side of this and learn and heal why I was ok with an AH to begin with. It’s going to hurt. If he’s blocked it will hurt to never hear from him… it’s going to hurt… if he reaches out but doesn’t give me any sense of acknowledging what he did caused an extreme about of pain and damage. It’s going to hurt… even if he shows up at my door and says everything I need and want to hear because I can’t unknow what I now know… it’s going to hurt if he gets sober cause I will feel like great someone is going to get the best version of him and I will have felt like I missed out. It’s going to hurt if he stays drinking cause I will know the envitable pain my step kids will go through. It’s just GOING to ******* hurt. There is no way out of the anxiety. There is no way to ignore that this has happened. I physically and mentally don’t have the strength to put on the show anymore anyway. This sucks and it’s hurts and it’s going to suck and hurt until it doesn’t anymore. There will be things I’m sure for a long time that remind me of him. Shows we watched together, my cat crying and looking for him, when I see those Orange safety shirts (he was an electrician), when I hear the work Tennessee (that’s were he went when he left me), there will be triggers all. The. Time. I can’t avoid them. I can’t temper them. I have to just know it will hurt. And then one day it won’t anymore.
It’s going to hurt I can’t avoid it. I will have to go through the pain … I can’t avoid it. Not if I want to get to the other side of this and learn and heal why I was ok with an AH to begin with. It’s going to hurt. . . there will be triggers all. The. Time. I can’t avoid them. I can’t temper them. I have to just know it will hurt. And then one day it won’t anymore.
God, grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change...
Courage to change the things I can,
And Wisdom to know the difference.
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It’s going to hurt I can’t avoid it. I will have to go through the pain … I can’t avoid it. Not if I want to get to the other side of this and learn and heal why I was ok with an AH to begin with. It’s going to hurt. If he’s blocked it will hurt to never hear from him… it’s going to hurt… if he reaches out but doesn’t give me any sense of acknowledging what he did caused an extreme about of pain and damage. It’s going to hurt… even if he shows up at my door and says everything I need and want to hear because I can’t unknow what I now know...
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Something I thought about today. After I got amazing feedback (thank you all) from my earlier post today. It’s going to hurt I can’t avoid it. I will have to go through the pain … I can’t avoid it. Not if I want to get to the other side of this and learn and heal why I was ok with an AH to begin with. It’s going to hurt. If he’s blocked it will hurt to never hear from him… it’s going to hurt… if he reaches out but doesn’t give me any sense of acknowledging what he did caused an extreme about of pain and damage. It’s going to hurt… even if he shows up at my door and says everything I need and want to hear because I can’t unknow what I now know… it’s going to hurt if he gets sober cause I will feel like great someone is going to get the best version of him and I will have felt like I missed out. It’s going to hurt if he stays drinking cause I will know the envitable pain my step kids will go through. It’s just GOING to ******* hurt. There is no way out of the anxiety. There is no way to ignore that this has happened. I physically and mentally don’t have the strength to put on the show anymore anyway. This sucks and it’s hurts and it’s going to suck and hurt until it doesn’t anymore. There will be things I’m sure for a long time that remind me of him. Shows we watched together, my cat crying and looking for him, when I see those Orange safety shirts (he was an electrician), when I hear the work Tennessee (that’s were he went when he left me), there will be triggers all. The. Time. I can’t avoid them. I can’t temper them. I have to just know it will hurt. And then one day it won’t anymore.
After going through my own pain, decades ago, I don't judge people who stay in shite relationships; the pain of leaving is just too dang intense.
I think that the feeling of abandonment---fear of being alone---without no trusted others to have one's back---is responsible for a lot of the paralyzing pain. Maybe, not the sole reason, but a large parcel of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfZzPU_v5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfZzPU_v5s
And yes, what dandy said was EXACTLY my situation. Things have changed a lot, and I've gained so much freedom in my recovery, but that first year alone was so hard and so frightening. Keep on taking it one day at a time, even if all you accomplish on a given day is to get up, go to work, come home and go to bed again. Those single days will start to add up, and you WILL feel better. You'll feel more secure in yourself and more confident that you'll find solutions to your problems and answers to your questions. You really will be stronger and happier. Just keep on putting one foot in front of the other.
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