Understandably. This is an incredibly loaded topic that triggers the high majority of women who have scars from lived experiences. Being misunderstood by someone is difficult, being misunderstood be someone who is actively triggered, is far more difficult, and being misunderstood by a group of individuals who are more likely than not bringing their own unchecked triggers to the conversation is impossible to navigate. Please allow yourself grace.
Powerful! Thank you April. Your raw honesty is exactly what our world needs more of: women speaking their truth, learning thru trial and error, sharing what our learning curves look like, cause heaven knows, we all have so many of them. Thank you for being willing.
Thank you so much Candra! Unfortunately, I have let this derail my life in pretty much every way and I hate that I gave it that much power. But it is real and it happens! Again, thank you!
Oof. The way you wrote that, I FELT it. I am so sorry you were misunderstood. I hate that feeling. And I love the way you looked at it differently, and invite us to do the same: “The problem is outsourcing my identity to the reactions of people who only hear part of the story.”
I wish my past self had read this. I will hold onto it. Hope you’re experiencing more light.
Understandably. This is an incredibly loaded topic that triggers the high majority of women who have scars from lived experiences. Being misunderstood by someone is difficult, being misunderstood be someone who is actively triggered, is far more difficult, and being misunderstood by a group of individuals who are more likely than not bringing their own unchecked triggers to the conversation is impossible to navigate. Please allow yourself grace.
Powerful! Thank you April. Your raw honesty is exactly what our world needs more of: women speaking their truth, learning thru trial and error, sharing what our learning curves look like, cause heaven knows, we all have so many of them. Thank you for being willing.
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Thank you so much Candra! Unfortunately, I have let this derail my life in pretty much every way and I hate that I gave it that much power. But it is real and it happens! Again, thank you!
Oof. The way you wrote that, I FELT it. I am so sorry you were misunderstood. I hate that feeling. And I love the way you looked at it differently, and invite us to do the same: “The problem is outsourcing my identity to the reactions of people who only hear part of the story.”
I wish my past self had read this. I will hold onto it. Hope you’re experiencing more light.