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This morning finds me wondering how much of my social anxiety is grown from self-defined stigma. When I am in isolation mode, I frequently pass on social interactions because, "They are just ______." I have a lengthy list of summaries to fill in that blank.
Is that stigma?
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
I never connected boundaries and repression before. Guess I think of boundaries as something I set with others and repression as something I do to myself. Maybe? New chew for me. . .
Chewing. . .
For sure, my personal PTSD blahs are no great respecters of boundaries. Down right rude by my ought measure. It's like my mind has a mind of its own.