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Clouds Passing

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9. Shame is an overwhelming feeling to have.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 05:40 PM
Oct 2024

Add humiliation to that and I understand why you feel so hopeless and down. The self-blame kicks in and that makes it hard to want to keep going on. Then we feel like no one likes us or worse everyone hates us; it’s a horrible cycle to be stuck in. I know, I’ve been there too. Some days are good, some days are sad.

Talk it out, that’s cathartic. People care about you (I know that’s hard to accept). Trauma takes a lot of inner work to heal. Even if we don’t feel okay about ourselves every moment of the day, we can work towards feeling okay more often than feeling not okay. Please feel free to pm me. Stay with us.

“Don't judge yourself so harsh my love or someday you may find your soul endangered”
Neil Young, Natural Beauty on Harvest Moon

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