Oh, my. Poetic and beautifully written and heart wrenching. All I can say is, I know sweetheart. I know. Why are our minds and souls like this? I still haven't figured it out. Sending you much light and peace and love.
Ok. Clearly I was meant to find this article today. I was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety in 2017 and the minute I was, the world made sense to me. My whole life I had been in a constant state of flight or fight for no real reason that I could ascertain. I wrote this piece last week about what living with a brain that is constantly on the speed setting actually looks like. The constant noise. The endless chatter. It’s exhausting but it’s also what makes me “me”
Thank you for reading Sophie!!! 🫶 I'm happy getting a diagnosis helped you make more sense of how your experience the world. I wonder how the idea of the default mode network resonated? This really opened things up for me, because it made me realize I can use super simple tools to down-regulate the DMN to get back into the moment and experience at hand!
I read this and felt the pain. The mantra, I just want to stay, seems to be saying more than just a desire to stay in the imagined future, but a plea to stay at all. I hope you are ok. I hope you stay. You are a wonderful person and the world wants you to stay.
Thank you for reading ✨ This is really interesting because what I actually mean or FELT when I was saying “I just want to stay” is to stay in the PRESENT, and stop living in the future and daydreams! But either present or future, I am IN LOVE with being alive and staying here in this weird wonderful world 😂🥹👏
That makes me happy. I read that as the text, but wasn’t sure if there was subtext. I’ve had friends say nearly the same thing and with the deeper sadness.
We don’t know each other, and I don’t always comment on your work because I’m not sure my perspective adds anything new to what you write, but I like reading you and I like following your journey. So I couldn’t read it and pass by it without letting you know how important you are.
Such a difficult place to be right now. Trust those instincts that you've built these years in the "waiting place", as Dr. Seuss described it. There is no "right" way to finesse the future...one step at a time.....live it.
Oh, my. Poetic and beautifully written and heart wrenching. All I can say is, I know sweetheart. I know. Why are our minds and souls like this? I still haven't figured it out. Sending you much light and peace and love.
Thank you so much for always reading and engaging reading with my stories Judith 😭❤️🔥 it really means so much to me!!
Beautiful piece. I am only know beginning to know how to stay but nothing really stays. Still, I try.
Thank you so much for reading 🫶 I think even the desire to stay helps us stay if that makes any sense 🥲
Oh yes and if that isn’t beautiful in itself.
Ok. Clearly I was meant to find this article today. I was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety in 2017 and the minute I was, the world made sense to me. My whole life I had been in a constant state of flight or fight for no real reason that I could ascertain. I wrote this piece last week about what living with a brain that is constantly on the speed setting actually looks like. The constant noise. The endless chatter. It’s exhausting but it’s also what makes me “me”
https://sophiedoingstuff.substack.com/p/the-life-and-lessons-of-a-chronically?r=40mk1u&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for reading Sophie!!! 🫶 I'm happy getting a diagnosis helped you make more sense of how your experience the world. I wonder how the idea of the default mode network resonated? This really opened things up for me, because it made me realize I can use super simple tools to down-regulate the DMN to get back into the moment and experience at hand!
I read this and felt the pain. The mantra, I just want to stay, seems to be saying more than just a desire to stay in the imagined future, but a plea to stay at all. I hope you are ok. I hope you stay. You are a wonderful person and the world wants you to stay.
Thank you for reading ✨ This is really interesting because what I actually mean or FELT when I was saying “I just want to stay” is to stay in the PRESENT, and stop living in the future and daydreams! But either present or future, I am IN LOVE with being alive and staying here in this weird wonderful world 😂🥹👏
That makes me happy. I read that as the text, but wasn’t sure if there was subtext. I’ve had friends say nearly the same thing and with the deeper sadness.
We don’t know each other, and I don’t always comment on your work because I’m not sure my perspective adds anything new to what you write, but I like reading you and I like following your journey. So I couldn’t read it and pass by it without letting you know how important you are.
I appreciate it 🫶 And I'm very happy to have you as a reader!!
love this so very much. and crying on the floor <3
Thank you so much for reading Hannah!! 🥹💕
Such a difficult place to be right now. Trust those instincts that you've built these years in the "waiting place", as Dr. Seuss described it. There is no "right" way to finesse the future...one step at a time.....live it.