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Tag: shame

The Dose

I can’t even begin to unwind.

medication, Mental Illness, shame

Life Uncovered – Sonnet XXX

The unexamined life is not worth living, / And Life Uncovered – Hidden – Unforgiving.

hiding, Life, opening up, shame

The Stickers Are Falling Off – #SoCS

I had to shed and escape a deeply entrenched belief (and lie) that I was only worthy of love because of my value to others.

inclusion, self-care, self-love, selfishness, selflessness, shame

Sorry?

It feels I must apologize; For what, I barely know.

abuse, apologies, guilt, manipulation, shame, triolet

spiral

only the long trip finds warm light

cycle, fibonacci, nautilus, shame, spiral

The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings

“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.

Alan Downs, authenticity, Pride, pride month, shame, Skills for Leading an Authentic Life, The Velvet Rage

mocked by numbers

Build Me! Your unseeing eye squints in condescension

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, architecture, math, shame, Words, writing

Stop With the Boxes

please, please, please – don’t try to put me in a box.

#nationalcomingoutday, #pride, #ProudBoys, coming out, shame

emergence

How long can that caterpillar stay in chrysalis before it dies and can never emerge?

authenticity, butterfly, chysalis, coming out, flight, Freedom, Homosexuality, journey, Pride, pupa, pupae, shame, truth, waiting, worry

Feelings on Failure at Fowling

I am not an athlete.  I’ve known it most of my life.  My high school physical education coach confirmed it, … More

athletics, bowling, fear of failure, football, fowling, Hamtramck, Max Lucado, shame, social skills
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