Author Tamara Dawn Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022Categories conflict, emotions, friendships, growth mindset, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

You don’t heal what you can’t feel…

This past week was the most emotionally draining week I’ve had in a long time… But as I sit and think about all of the emotions that I felt so deeply… the most painful thing about the past week was feeling like I don’t matter to people that matter to me… And let me be clear by stating that I do have great people in my life and have amazing friendships that are life-giving and mutually beneficial… So I am … Continue reading “You don’t heal what you can’t feel…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on July 11, 2022July 11, 2022Categories emotions, growth mindset, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , ,

Honestly, I wish I didn’t care…

My emotions have really been all over the place lately and I have reached this place where I wish I could go back to the days when I was more numb, and didn’t feel everything so deeply… Because the emotions that I tend to feel deeply are generally more so connected to some sort of pain or frustration… Earlier I had to tell myself repeatedly that “you are not ‘less than’ because he wants nothing to do with you…” This … Continue reading “Honestly, I wish I didn’t care…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021Categories anticipation, growth mindset, hopeless, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , ,

In the thick of it…

It’s crazy how when you’re going through something… especially something painful… you can get so caught up in what you’re going through that you forget what life was like before the painful situation… I was sick for about two weeks, and this is how it felt the last week of me being sick (which is the reason there wasn’t a blog post last week)… I slept so much, barely ate, and I was in so much pain; but that part … Continue reading “In the thick of it…”