What Are the Fears That Are Holding Us Back

From living to our full potential?

Melissa Steussy
Put It To Rest

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Photo by Sinitta Leunen on Unsplash

The fear that we are not good enough
Or what will they think?

The hypervigilance and loneliness of a life
filled with anxiety and fear can be rough.

Many of us go through life
Pushing down our thoughts of tragedy
Remorse or worry and bury them with drinks, food
Shopping, busyness, or sex.

We can heal but first, we must face
Those ugly thoughts
We have about ourselves a
And others

The deep pit of despair
We feel around certain people
Or uncomfortable situations

Most of us have a persona-the us we share
With the world

Few of us feel safe enough
To unload and
Unleash our inhibitions
With another person

Some of us hide behind our insecurities
And only cry in bed alone
Where no one will see
Our pain

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Melissa Steussy
Put It To Rest

26 years sober, health nut, supplement junkie, and all-around fantastic gal. Wrote a book called, Let Your Privates Breathe-Breaking the Cycle of Addiction....