By If I am being completely honest, I do not always share how I’m feeling with the people who love me. Being a person who is always feeling her feelings very deeply, I don’t want to burden them with my feelings or overwhelm them with my feelings either. I always like to take their feelings into consideration as well.I never want to be a burden for anybody. It is very important for me not to be.
Everybody who loves me assures me I’m not a burden to them in any way. However, I always like to handle things on my own when I can. That mindset is problematic because for someone who always talks about together I have a difficult time remembering to let together do its work sometimes.
When I get very overwhelmed and overstimulated, all of my emotions come out of my tear ducts just like my mama. Feeling deeply is a beautiful way to show up in the world, but doing so at all times is difficult now and again. This week has been very stressful and overstimulating, so I picked up my phone last night and called my aunt.
There are times that she doesn’t know how to deal with my overly emotional self, but last night she was wonderful. She assured me no one is disappointed in me whatsoever. In fact, everybody who loves me is so proud of me and the way I’m handling all of the circumstances in my life right now. That was exactly what I needed to hear to be able to take a deep breath and give myself credit and a break. She said exactly what I needed to hear, so I was able to sleep really well and wake up this morning ready to tackle everything I need to get done today with a better mindset. I write all this to remind y’all to be honest about how you’re feeling with the people who love you when you feel overwhelmed in the world. They can, and will help you to feel less overwhelmed. They want to because life is best and done well when we do it together.
