Cliche as it might be, I realised last night that I found something I didnt know I had lost.
I am truly grateful for this, because to not realise how unhappy you are until it has left you is possibly for the best..
It struck me halfway through a sleepless night that I was thinking again as a young person with optimism, not someone who was slowly growing old and getting frustrated with everything in their life. I thought about some of the things that had made me see myself only as hopeless and insignificant, and I cried.
Partly because I didn't understand how someone who had (apparently) been so unhappy didnt cry anymore, and partly out of confusion, because I didn't feel sad about it, rather relieved and a little bit enlightened. I never like to cry in front of people, but i used to cry on my own a lot, and until it hit me i hadnt even noticed this had stopped. The same applies for talking in my sleep.
Instead of feeling upset and lonely, I counted all my blessings, which appeared mainly in the shape of friends I never expected to matter as much as they do.
:)
I am truly grateful for this, because to not realise how unhappy you are until it has left you is possibly for the best..
It struck me halfway through a sleepless night that I was thinking again as a young person with optimism, not someone who was slowly growing old and getting frustrated with everything in their life. I thought about some of the things that had made me see myself only as hopeless and insignificant, and I cried.
Partly because I didn't understand how someone who had (apparently) been so unhappy didnt cry anymore, and partly out of confusion, because I didn't feel sad about it, rather relieved and a little bit enlightened. I never like to cry in front of people, but i used to cry on my own a lot, and until it hit me i hadnt even noticed this had stopped. The same applies for talking in my sleep.
Instead of feeling upset and lonely, I counted all my blessings, which appeared mainly in the shape of friends I never expected to matter as much as they do.
:)
Good for you. I hate those moments of realisation, the moment of clarity when everything becomes clear and it's like you've been punched in the chest. That's how it is for me, I think. I guess. It's difficult. You're suddenly empty after feeling you've been whole, and there's nothing you can do about it until you let it sit, and process, and you just... build on it from there.
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