gan 6 - return to human be-ing

[gan]

Been grabbling with some ISTJ weaknesses the past couple of days. Today I had a bit of an exchange with a colleague who concluded that I have a tendency of taking things too personally. And then at the Meetup events over the weekend, I found myself intrigued by how open others were to sharing their story with complete strangers. Like the lady I met who is just out of a 10 year marriage. I'd been talking to these other ladies most of the night (hadn't said a thing about my sitch), then she came over and within minutes she had revealed her story. How this was the first time she had lived alone. How she missed the company and physical contact. How she felt like she didn't know what she liked to do by herself anymore. I was just nodding along and thinking u-huh, u-huh until I finally let out my story. It was amazing to me. I really didn't realise how much of a challenge I find it to open up about my thoughts and feelings to other people. Naturally I wound up musing over the role that my personality played in my M breakdown.

So I confess...H's text reply has put me in a bit of a spin. Why the heck did he add "Good to hear from you"? I know, I know, no mind reading. Still, it seems a bit odd given our last contact...which has left me checking the mailbox in anticipation of D papers.