A story about how fear chases us.
Tag: Avoidance
A Journal Prompt for Anger
Anger functions like a distraction. All this construction site energy, and the real story is on the other side of the street, on a bench, ear buds in, and welling up with tears. Journal Prompt: Anger distracts me from...
A Journal Prompt for Boundaries
Communicating boundaries does not equal setting boundaries. Talking, sharing, asking, demanding, this is boundary communicating. This is preparation. Boundaries become something when you take action. Journal Prompt: No action provides...
Anger, 9
needs. Don’t dismiss anger. It’s meaningful. It leaves a trail of what you need. Journal Prompt: My anger says that I need...
Anger, 8
distance. Work backwards. When does anger feel far from you? Like the moments when you take action on your boundaries. Or when you listen to your body, and respect what you heard. When is there relief from anger? Journal Prompt: Anger feels far away when...
Anger, 7
discovery. Fear keeps people from exploring anger. It’s normal to feel fear about what you might discover. It’s normal to rely on the relief of avoidance. It’s equally normal for symptoms to increase when anger is left unprocessed. We all have choices. Journal Prompt: If I process my anger I might...
Emotional Misuse, 7
Degrade. Using words that decay the soul, scrapes power from the bottom of a cement bucket. There are no conditions or environments that justify degrading the people you love. Speaking to degrade is about you, not the person in front of you. Journal Prompt: The power of degrading has...
Emotional Misuse, 6
Alignment. Emotional misuse happens when you utilize alignment with others to create a power posture against another. It is now 2 versus 1. You are misusing your relationship. And your are hiding. Journal Prompt: I tend to align with...
Emotional Misuse, 5
Responsibility. Emotional misuse happens when there is a pattern of offloading responsibility. It can't always be something or someone else, sometimes it's you. Avoiding responsibility is avoiding yourself. Choosing to deflect responsibility misuses the space where you form intimacy and trust in your relationships. Journal Prompts: I avoid... I avoid... I avoid... I avoid... I avoid...
Avoidance
Fleeting comfort is your reward for avoidance–a short-term sigh of relief.
Mental Health & Journaling 