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I, too, always feel like I shouldn’t be complaining when something bothers me or makes me upset. But I also have this credo I try to live by (I have many, but that’s another story): How you feel is how you feel, and those feelings are real so don’t bother worrying whether they’re just or whether you should be feeling bad or not.
I’ve heard from a lot of people “What do you have to be sad about? You’ve got the best life in the world!” And while I know I’m blessed with a great life, sometimes I will feel sad or have a rough patch and just because I have a good life doesn’t make those feelings any less real. So please don’t beat yourself up over that.
I’m a lot like you…I don’t usually like to complain about my sadness to others…but I have on my blog. And you’re right, that is a different experience for me. Therapeutic in a way? Oh yeah, I think so. I’ve often referred to my blog as therapy.
And anyway, I’ve always been better expressing my feelings through the written word rather than the spoken word. That’s just me!
So keep on blogging about everything, because you blogging about the sadness is relatable to others. Even the seemingly “happiest” of people go through rough, sad days. Sometimes, it’s just good to share that with others.
I really appreciate your thoughts. :) That sounds canned, but I mean it.
I relate to a fair amount of that, and I’m trying to decide whether to write an gigantic comment or just make my own blog post in response. I think I’ll go with the latter…
Don’t worry about complaining about your life–we all have complaints! No one is happy-go-lucky ALL. THE. TIME. But I feel the same way sometimes. I hate complaining, I just always try to see the brighter side of life.
I also get anxiety sometimes. It started about two years ago and it freaks me the eff out. I haven’t had a panic attack real bad since then, but when I feel one coming on I just have to breathe and tell myself “Angela, you don’t want to feel this way right now. Think about other things.”
This is my favorite of your blogs because a) you mentioned me AND b) I feel as thought blogging has changed my life in the same way. I never used to go to anyone for anything or share my feelings unless they are positive. It’s hard to keep things bottled up inside and blogging became an outlet for me to express myself. You can tell from my earlier posts that I was slowly letting go of all the emotion I had built up inside and as I continued blogging I felt more comfortable opening up to my friends and letting them in. It has made me a more outgoing person.
Blogging does change lives I believe. Only other bloggers get that though. My friends in real life think I’m crazy.
awwww I want to give you a hug through the screen! I’m glad you err on the side of honesty. I think I’ve hidden a lot of my personal life behind my blog categories, a lot on purpose because I didn’t want to do a personal-life blog, but also, like you said, I wanted people to see me in a certain way. Although I actually don’t think I’m much different from how my blog portrays me after all, at least as far as my real-life friends have said. So who knows!