Fretful

[misslillie]

Thumb ing through a journal I wrote forty years ago, I was sadden to realize the day to day discomfort and erosion of anxiety and depression seems to have always affect ed my life. I can not imagine if the level of my suffering is the norm or if their are people who have been buffered from this struggle.

In reflection there were many times when fifteen minutes of reprieve seemed like a blessing worth sacrificing for. This being the basis for many bad decisions and addictions.

Knowing these things I hope to show more compassion to myself than before. I think that self compassion maybe the way to relief for some of this suffering

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It always helps to be kind to yourself. We are all works in progress. I have journals I've written in over the past 20 years. I keep telling myself I'm keeping them for some reason, maybe to write some kind of book eventually. I hope you feel better.🙂