Empathy
What makes empathy?
Break-up
Operation
Stagnation
Frustration
Surgery
Negligence
Harassment
Ennui
Betrayal
Failure
Bereavment
Guilt
Rejection
Your pain is mine too.
What makes empathy?
Break-up
Operation
Stagnation
Frustration
Surgery
Negligence
Ennui
Betrayal
Failure
Bereavment
Guilt
Rejection
Your pain is mine too.
Whew pink season is over, what a relief! To paraphrase Mad Men, romance was invented by capitalists to sell more stuff. Valentine’s Day single-handedly created an economy of greeting cards, pink teddy bears & red hearts. Nothing wrong in these, of course. But let’s not pretend it’s something else.
I’m in heartbreak. I’m Scarlett O’Hara pining for the virtues of Melanie Wilkes. I’m some other kind of woman.
A boundary is a lesson in consent. It’s rooted in a sense of self. Who you are, says what you allow.
I want to write something simply because the topmost post on this blog for too long now, has been a painful memory that victimised me. I am not actually dwelling in the past. The present has had me too caught up to even think about the future, let alone the…
I once sent flowers to a boyfriend. He called me desperate & cheated on me. It was toxic masculinity feeling so threatened by flowers that he felt he had to punish me.
Breakups need to be grieved. Grieving is messy and the path to healing isn’t straight. But if you have the space & support, it happens.
Before we know, all these dots connect and we reach one of the extremes !!