Working on detachment, my anxiety, and the joys of limbo

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Phoebe,

It is amazing what a good nights rest can do isn't it?

I will meditate 2 times today for sure.

So I wanted to throw this at you. I want you to be creative in coming up with a way to make some social connections. You are driving quite a distance for many things related to health and mental health. Now you need to find a way to do it for the social connections. Sure you can walk in nature right outside your home, but you do that alone. Drive the 30 minutes for the nature walk with people. Because it is to do it with people.

This is paramount right now to speed up your healing process. Trust me. I am an introvert that has always thought that I preferred to be alone with my thoughts. These past several months have shown me otherwise. I believe stepping out with others is helping me. To chat about my sitch. To chat about other things so I don't think about my sitch. And in time, so I may make meaningful connections. It is outside my comfort zone, but being creative is helping me do it.

Social connections are a big key to leading a more fulfilling life. Sometimes many of us lose sight of this in our MR and I think that is why it hurts so much when the BD happens. We don't want to be alone, and the WAS is what we perceive as the only person to keep us from being alone. But it is a big world out there. Many people just waiting to get to know us and care for us.

I am challenging you to come up with a plan for making social connections at least once a week that are related to GAL activities.