Withdrawal.
If you have memories of your parents withdrawing, you have memories of being alone.
Withdrawal is most debilitating when as a kid you need direction and boundaries, but instead, with minimal swimming experience, you were left flailing for a life raft.
Withdrawal is most debilitating when as a kid you need direction and boundaries, but instead, with minimal swimming experience, you were left flailing for a life raft.
Your adult job is to explore what that silence meant to you and the gaps it left. It is not your adult job to reach across the fence and fix your parents.
Journal Prompts:
The silence meant…
Being alone felt like…
I needed…
Journaling is for processing, organizing, reflecting, and more. There are no right ways to journal. There are no wrong ways to journal. Journaling can be done with words, bullet points, pictures, lyrics, drawings, and more. What comes natural to you, is the right way to journal.
Mental Health & Journaling 