Why is it that we function best while hurting? We mask the pain with distractions, hobbies, family functions, nights out....and while we're winning, we're hurting. Hurting because we don't have the energy to share with others the amount of hurt we currently feel... More goals are met. More victories are celebrated. More external smiles are reciprocated. But the hurt, the hurt is safely tucked in the mask. The mask that only YOU can remove.
I often say to my friends, why is it I attract so many people with unhealed interiors operating in a healed exterior? Is it because our souls are tied through pain? Like maybe it's just meant for our souls to connect and we can heal together...
That couldn't be further from the truth. All pain DEFINITELY isn't created equal. Even more, all healing isn't the same. So now we're created this bond based on the pre conceived notion that we can build despite the pain we've so graciously added. No one wants to address the elephant in the room. No one wants to admit that they are hurting. No one wants to openly admit to needing the space to heal alone.
Being alone means you're forced to admit you're hurting and face your issues head on...and who wants to do it alone? I guess that's why we have so many successful unhappy people. I guess that's why it's becoming normal to mask the pain while indirectly addressing it. We are only okay with addressing our pain as long as others address theirs....but what happens when they don't? Then we're left with drowning thoughts of our own inadequacies...
Cue in the Robin Williams', the Anthony Bourdains, the Chelsi Krysts.....
Everything is not always what it appears.
#IDidntAlwaysSting
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