Never knew there was a name, or explanation, for all these feelings. Just always blamed it on estrogen! ;) Thank you so much for sharing this. I've spent years feeling too sensitive, over-empathizing, and speculating to a fault. I stopped writing for a long time because I worried I couldn't handle the criticism or rejection. It all makes so much sense through this lens and somehow like I can stop making myself "wrong" and just think "Okay, that was the brain's knee-jerk reaction, what's actually true here though?" Excited to read this series!
I love the "what's actually true here" question...because so often we make assumptions/jump to worse case scenarios and then react from there.
Also, I want you know that relate to everything you said so much ---I still write things that I feel proud of and then spend way too much time wondering what my friends/family/particular people that tend to trigger my RSD will think. I'm learning to push that aside and move towards my values anyway… But it's hard! I'm so glad you're here :)
Never knew there was a name, or explanation, for all these feelings. Just always blamed it on estrogen! ;) Thank you so much for sharing this. I've spent years feeling too sensitive, over-empathizing, and speculating to a fault. I stopped writing for a long time because I worried I couldn't handle the criticism or rejection. It all makes so much sense through this lens and somehow like I can stop making myself "wrong" and just think "Okay, that was the brain's knee-jerk reaction, what's actually true here though?" Excited to read this series!
I love the "what's actually true here" question...because so often we make assumptions/jump to worse case scenarios and then react from there.
Also, I want you know that relate to everything you said so much ---I still write things that I feel proud of and then spend way too much time wondering what my friends/family/particular people that tend to trigger my RSD will think. I'm learning to push that aside and move towards my values anyway… But it's hard! I'm so glad you're here :)
So helpful. Thank you.
Such a helpful explanation with real life examples that actually make sense!