Tag Archive for: loneliness

empty bench by the sea depicting loneliness

When Loneliness Makes You Ignore Yourself

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You feel the pull of loneliness like gravity. So you negotiate with reality because the alternative- being alone again- feels unbearable. So you stay. Not because you want him. Because you don't want that.The cost isn't just this relationship. It's learning not to trust yourself anywhere. Because staying with someone who doesn't respect you isn't avoiding loneliness. It's just being lonely with company.
loneliness of growth

The Loneliness of Growth

Personal growth is one of the best investments you can make in yourself. I believe this completely - it's why I do the work I do. There's a cost, though. Loneliness. You're working on yourself and evolving but most people around you aren't. And suddenly you realise that you're fluent in a language no one else in your world speaks. I'm not saying this to scare you away,  I'm telling you so you know you're not broken when it happens. The person you become through this process is a person who can handle a life that the old you never could.