The Universe According to Snow White
Throughout this journey, I think I have managed to hold it together pretty well, maybe too well. I had my share of meltdowns, but predominately in the realm of anxiety not sadness. I’ve obsessed, I’ve worried, I’ve won several gold medals in overthinking and immersed myself in happy distractions. That’s what I do in the face of traumatic/dramatic events, I block, I distract myself, I don’t let it in. I am GREAT at it. Until I’m not. Because inevitably the giant tsunami comes crashing down upon me. Like it is now.
One wouldn’t think that anxiety is a way of avoiding upsetting things in your life. It is an incredibly toxic, draining, uncomfortable state of existence stemming from these upsetting things. But I’m learning the hard way that anxiety is one of the mind’s greatest defense mechanisms. I have heard it said that the source of all stress is resistance…
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