I think at this point we are all pretty clear on the fact that I share a lot of my life, and my self, on the internet.
Obviously, there are moments in my life that won't ever be on the internet, and a lot those have to do with my heart. Really, protecting my heart.
So when I think about where I'm at right now, and where my heart is at right now, I'm struggling.
Because part of me wants to share it. Part of me wants to talk about feeling so less-than, and inadequate, and unloveable, and scared, and lonely.
And part of me is recognizing that there might be a threshold here that I'm not ready to cross again.
I've shared a lot of my heart already. I think - and I hope - I've done so in a way that says this is my side of the story. Because it is important to me to be aware that not every story is wholly mine, and so it is not wholly mine to share.
But I'm at a point where this burning in my heart is just, so damn painful.
I know that that's vague, and maybe not super helpful in this context.
So I think my point is that I know I'm holding back. I know there's a large part of this story that you all aren't getting right now. And it is causing...a few things.
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First of all, it is making me feel like I can't say a lot about this pain.
I don't want to be vague and annoying. I want to be clear about what hurts, and why. I know that that is when I'm actually able to connect with y'all. And that is when I am able to keep building these bizarre and magnificent internet friendships.
It is when I am clear about my pain, and my triumphs, and - this phrase doesn't thrill me but - my truth, that I feel like I'm actually doing more than just spilling my guts on the internet.
But it is also making me feel really distant.
I know if I'm not willing to be vague and annoying, and I'm not ready, or able, to be totally clear...then there is a discrepancy between who I am online, and who I am right here in, you know, real life.
I don't want that. I don't want to feel like a whole piece of who I am right now is floating silently in the background of everything I say.
The sad reality is that I already often feel really separated from parts of my life.
Especially in the head space that I'm in these days - connections are already difficult, engaging in my life is already difficult. I spend the better part of each day forcing myself to work on staying engaged, and staying out of my own head, and not focusing on my own pain.
So ideally that doesn't carryover. Ideally, if I'm feeling like I want to connect with other people, and I like I want to share my life, I don't want to feel like there is a wall there too.
The other thing is that holding back, and this separation between life, and what I'm sharing about my life - it isn't serving me.
And I don't mean to say that my pain should always serve me, because I don't necessarily believe that. And I don't mean to say that I only use my space on the internet to serve me, because I think it's actually the opposite.
But, I am not helping myself - and I am not serving my own sense of healing, or closure, or anything - if I am not allowing all the parts to get the same kind of exposure.
It is like failing to turn a plant, and wondering why the 40% of the plant that is not getting any light isn't thriving.
I'm not giving it light, and I am sure as hell not thriving.
So, I don't know yet how to shed light on this without cracking open the cover on a couple stories that I don't think are ready to be shared.
I don't know how to share those parts of my heart.
I do know that they are soaked in pain, and hurt, and worry, and feeling like it will never be enough.
And I don't know how to tell those stories without sounding like I'm being too dramatic, or throwing someone under the bus, or diminishing the layers of how the stories came together, or devaluing the parts that are truly important, or glorifying the details that are, albeit juicier, but irrelevant.
So, here we are.
There are pieces of me I don't know how to share with you.
And I know that it's keeping a wall up. And I know that it isn't helping me. And I know it's not making it easier to be...where I am. And I don't know if that's going to change, because the reality is, the stories aren't going to.
So thank you, for handling my vagueness. And sticking with me anyways. And supporting me anyways. And reaching out anyways.
And in an effort to be more transparent, here's a lil nugget for you:
I got Bumble last night.
For all of four hours.
And I hated it.
Well, not wholly true. I really loved the BFF function. But I could not handle the horrendous dating side of it, so I deleted my account. Already.
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