I only made it to page 3 out of 13 pages… seems like it’s the same convo…
For me, it’s not about my feelings being weaponized against me. It’s just I’d rather deal w whatever on my own. I’ve never really thought about dumping on someone, even my wife.
I find more comfort in being able to work through my issues on my own. Now I’m not saying I’ve *never* done this, I have, but I feel as if nothing came from it. I just felt dumb and weak-minded for doing so.
I’ve always internalized and dealt with. It’s all I have known. I don’t want to invite some pity party. I even tell myself often “womp womp” when dealing with things.
There’s what, 7, 8 billion people currently, and what throughout history? Tens of billions, maybe hundreds of billions… who am I in a sea of people to think I can’t deal with this section of storm? Or that I must express otherwise bottled up issues become bigger? They don’t…
If you’ve ever seen that Shia LaBeouf “just do it” thing, that’s exactly how I function in my own mind.
I don’t want help, I don’t want or need someone to talk me through it. I feel lesser than if I do.
I’m constantly having a dialogue with myself as if I’m two people. I’m my own therapist; my own psychiatrist; my own philosopher.. etc.
I’ll search things up on YouTube, or google, more so now AI… to express my thoughts and feelings and figure out how to organize them into something I can work out.
I’m not the most emotional person, though. Maybe that has something to do w it. It’s hard for me to truly be empathetic or sympathetic… whichever. I just know how to respond. More of a learned reaction rather than truly being concerned. So in dealing with myself, my thoughts, emotions.. I just do.