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

[Painter]

Painter, I would be driving right by Chi-town, so I would absolutely love that! Let me figure out my plans and come up with a time frame. I don't have any specifics yet.

My schedule is pretty flexible, so let's figure something out when you get it more in place. Something to look forward to!

Therapists must see people cry all the time, but I still have a hard time crying in front of people. My instinct has always been to hide my emotions, so I feel trapped.

This jumped out at me. H hides his feelings and I would have to say it has caused problems in the R for me. Interestingly, he's the one who cheated and I felt it had to do with his inability to voice how he felt - he partly felt that I was overpowering and partly that I wanted something he couldn't give.

I don't know if you hid your feelings from H, but that's something you may consider changing?

I'm good at explaining my feelings and expressing them verbally, but I don't act them out. Maybe that's what you do, too?

I am so sorry to hear about your crying in the grocery store. That must have been really difficult.

It's a long time ago. It was after the R before I met H, ex-BF also cheated on me. Those two are the only ones, though.

Now think about kittens and tropical beaches and sleep well!