just once, i’d like to be able to talk to [insert name of a person i feel safe around] about what i’ve been going through as i work through past traumas, without falling apart. is that too much to ask.

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i know crying is okay, but i would like to be able to get my point across without bawling. it’s so difficult to do it coherently. it’s already difficult enough to open up this bigly. sigh.

letting this as in being hard on ourselves?

they do. you're being too hard on yourself, which i can def relate to. but it's a process of letting this go that will make all the difference

literally none of the above (in cast #2) makes sense. feel free to assume a 6 y/o wrote it on my behalf.

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promise i’m not criticizing that i cry. i cry easy and i think that’s ok. but in the moments where im trying to express how i feel/have felt i just want to be able to get my point across without falling apart every sentence i try to speak.

crying signifies strong feelings, proving that there’s strength in vulnerability. criticizing emotion rather than feeling it in real time is the opposite of progress. you’re strong for carrying such heavy feelings

this was me for a long time when i started therapy. when you are working through past traumas, it happens. i remember the first session i didn't cry while talking about stuff and it was mind blowing to me at the time. now i'm able to laugh/make jokes about the same stuff that would choke me back then. some stuff i'm still sensitive about but not like i used to be. so keep talking about it, work through it and one day it won't feel as painful.