Dear Lindsey:

I did sleep better in the last two nights, and I sleep better than I did a few years ago, but I often don’t sleep throughout the night. It’s very nice when it does happen though!

Yes, I do think that you imagine yourself to be an oddity when you are not.. thinking that when you feel distressed on the inside, it clearly shows on the outside. Thing is, the people watching you, most often they don’t really pay attention, often busy with their own distress to be able to focus on what’s happening with you, or to be able to perceive what’s happening with you. Plus, no  one can read your thoughts.

“I feel like I took a another step up on my healing climb with my ex.  I’m starting to see more clearly not to take their comments personal“- good, because their comments, in content and in tone, reveal things about them, way more than about you. Some of their comments are ALL about them and NOTHING about you.

“‘S’ reached out last night via social media.  I blocked him“- okay, but don’t get stressed and disappointed with yourself IF you suddenly feel like contacting him, even if you do contact him: nothing good or bad will happen as a result, not in practical terms: you’ll still have your job and your kids and your life just as it is now.

Practically and realistically, he is not a person that ever made a significant difference in your life, is he?

anita