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I have been using my tendency to type things out as a means of addressing things that bother me. Furthermore, I don't share these insights with anyone that I know. The result has been quite interesting.
Shadow work, even as a Skeptic*, is intense and dark and scary. I had no fucking idea how dark it could truly get. Being able to talk to myself with no filters, I've seen a side of myself that I'd have denied existed a year ago.
All the same, I always feel better after I've gotten one of those "letters to myself" out. I can genuinely tell that I've unloaded something that I must unload, even if I don't fully unload it. Just the act of attempting to speak about it without reservation is healing.
I had another such episode today. In the aftermath, I feel so much better. I wouldn't say I was "happy" now; however, I feel like I understand myself a little better. To say that helps is almost an understatement.
Now, to see what else I have bouncing around in my mind...
* -- I like this word for what I am, moreso than "Atheist" or "Humanist". It implies I question everything, which is true, but doesn't lock me into a particular "camp".
Shadow work, even as a Skeptic*, is intense and dark and scary. I had no fucking idea how dark it could truly get. Being able to talk to myself with no filters, I've seen a side of myself that I'd have denied existed a year ago.
All the same, I always feel better after I've gotten one of those "letters to myself" out. I can genuinely tell that I've unloaded something that I must unload, even if I don't fully unload it. Just the act of attempting to speak about it without reservation is healing.
I had another such episode today. In the aftermath, I feel so much better. I wouldn't say I was "happy" now; however, I feel like I understand myself a little better. To say that helps is almost an understatement.
Now, to see what else I have bouncing around in my mind...
* -- I like this word for what I am, moreso than "Atheist" or "Humanist". It implies I question everything, which is true, but doesn't lock me into a particular "camp".
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