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It Might be Time to Stop Giving Suggestions
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of suggestions. If I want a suggestion I will search for it myself.
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Reading about Mindfulness has enabled me to analyze the thoughts and feelings that I would normally just broadly categorize as “anxiety causing” and move on. Unfortunately, there is no moving on. Unless you figure out the root cause of why you feel the way you feel, it’ll linger with you for years.
If you spent a day in my shoes, you would think that I am surrounded by thoughtful, caring people. So why then do I feel anxious when I talk to them? Each time that I speak with friends, I get this feeling that I overshared. Why? Because I normally tell myself, “alright, so I’m not going to be discussing that topic with them anymore.”
However, it didn’t matter which topic I seemed to bring up, if I mentioned myself in it, it went downhill from there. I wondered if I was bragging about myself, but after analyzing a few months worth of interactions I concluded that I wasn’t.
