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    daria
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    The past two weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster to me. I have been experiencing so many different feelings during the day. I go from waking up anxious, deflated to feeling sad, crying, sometimes feeling this sudden rush of motivation and even a bit of joy which passes quite quickly unfortunately. There is also a feeling which I have realised I have not experienced much in my life or maybe repressed it- anger. I woke up in the middle of the other night angry. Angry at him, or maybe rather angry at the fact that he turned out not to be a person that I thought he was.And yes, I am actually angry that he treated me this way. I know that I cannot expect others to understand how I feel, I think I accepted that now… but the emotions are still there.
    I have also been meditating every day with getsomeheadspace (well, trying to as I don’ think I am that great at it lol). But i have noticed that there is one thought that keeps popping in my head and one belief that I am holding onto. It is that what he has done was about ME. That i’m defective in some way or not good enough or if I was more this or less this, this wouldn’t have happened.I am trying to beat myself up for something even though, rationally, I know I have nothing to beat myself up for, but this belief/thought just wouldn’t let go and I keep holding onto it when it comes up.I do know that these thoughts are irrational but I also do know that I do believe them deep down as they keep reappearing.
    I have also seen a counsellor and will see him for another four sessions until christmas holidays. He thinks that I am not compassionate enough towards myself and try to fix myself and do not consider the fact that someone else’s actions are not about me…He also asked me one question which I couldn’t give answer for: would you be able to finish a relationship if you’re unhappy in it? And whereas I always thought that I would, I hesitated. I have noticed that I neglect my feelings and emotions. I justify them and find the reasons not to feel them, I feel like they are not important, exaggerated…

    Well, in general, it’s been hard:( I am getting a bit tired… But I will keep going and see where it brings me. Thank you, once again, for your support !xxx

    #45176
    daria
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    Thank you Memm and Grace, I really appreciate your replies.

    Memm- I agree with you a 100%. I know that keeping emotions in is not healthy and I usually let them out somehow.

    What I truly struggle with is conveying them to the person which contributed to the certain emotions. I think I tend to avoid conflict and somehow try to justify to myself that I have no reason to feel it as it is my past experience or I am being silly or unreasonable or something.

    Grace, how did you learn to trust yourself? How did you manage to push through this? How do you know whether your emotions are not too influenced by previous experiences ? Are you able to distinguish ‘gut feeling’ from fear? I am sorry for so many questions but they keep popping in my head. It’s either this or I feel very weird emptiness which is difficult to describe..

    I feel really lost at the moment:(

    Thank you all for your support!

    #45099
    daria
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    Also, I really like the sentence you wrote : ‘Life is fast paced enough without having to worry about the person you love not loving you and supporting you’. I have written it down in my journal:) Thank you!

    #45098
    daria
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    Thank you so much Kewpie for your input and your help. I truly appreciate it! Your response made me think about something…During the past two weeks of this relationship I have been experiencing really strong emotions which I couldn’t quite figure out. I have been enormously scared and anxious. However, I have tried to ignore them and not to make anything out of it. As I have said in the first post, I did not have a good dating experience before and I don’t have a good relationship with my dad, therefore I assigned this fear to the past experiences as I have felt it before as well. I am really struggling with trusting my feelings. I always try to justify them. I don’t know how to differentiate between my ‘gut feeling’ and my fear which is based on previous experiences. Is there any way to distinguish between the two?

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