MentalDessert
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Anne, as always, thank you for your thoughtful comments and your constant feedback. I look forward to having discussions with my readers. Though about this piece I’m kind of hiding behind a post and peeking out. It’s the more raw thing, the exposure of your gangrene and wounds that no one will ever see or discover unless you point them out.

It took me a long time to realize the duality and to see the damage that had been done. I wonder sometimes the person I’d be now if I never moved away from it, from them, and how stunted emotionally I would be as a person. There would be this tougher, tougher exterior exposed and I certainly wouldn’t be letting in people like I have been lately.

I am traveling down a path where boundaries are essential for my survival. I finally did and created some severe ones after my surgery. They’ve been up since then and I’ve never felt as mentally clear, positive and ready to take things on.

I will always love them fiercely. At the heart of who I am is a family person. But, I know that I need to protect myself and I’m susceptible to having my world flipped over if I don’t listen to my restrictions. Which is to have that physical distance, and then to keep my life protected and lived fully by me.

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I'm unapologetically me with a hard edged view of life. I love to travel and have crazy amounts of fun spaced between quiet moments.