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mytwistedsoul November 7th, 2019

With the tragic loss of the feed and after much debate and discussion. It's been decided to create a new thread. Soul space so to speak. A journal of sorts.

A place where I can dump some of the nonsense that goes on in my head.

While replies are welcome - they aren't necessary.

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mytwistedsoul OP November 7th, 2019

Let's begin shall we?

There was no sleep last night. Most of the time was spent pacing and handling panic attacks. While I can still feel the anxiety and anger on the fringes - most of everything else has been shut down. Numb .

I haven't been able to eat lately. Stomach is either too upset from anxiety or just no hunger.

I'm having a hard time with saying no and while I can sometimes give good advice - I can't follow it for myself. Had a discussion with someone yesterday about boundaries. While sometimes mine are good more often then not - there are breaches every where.

I have a big problem with confrontation and get so nervous if I have to say something to someone who is sort of invading my space. At the same time - if you invite people in - it's not really an invasion is it? Idk - what am I supposed to say? Hey how are you? Now get the f**k out.

Idk - alot of time I'm just a walking contradiction

jennysunrise8 November 7th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul

its good to have a space just to dump your thoughts and feelings like you did in your feed you can have your other thread a place for discussion if you want - when you feel like discussing things - and here just a place for you to write and post things its ok to have different functions for different threads and even start more just explain your rules at the top and add to it if you want (and you can delete or edit this /monbon is editor here/if you want to keep this thread stricly your writings i dont mind at all thats just having boundaries) anyways ... im glad you started this 💓

mytwistedsoul OP November 7th, 2019

Been alittle emotional today. Had to take a few pauses - kind of compose myself. Some of the people here are just - they amaze.

I worry about coming across as a coward. Confrontations make me freeze. Couldn't ever defend myself before. But Idk - not a kid anymore ya know?

Intrusive thoughts have been an issue

Suicidal ideation - I hate to say this,
but I'm sorry to say...
The God's are all dead,
So to whom do I pray?

Define not feasible in terms of time regarding the feed - I'm at a loss

Lets remember J - just because you want to think of it as a feed - doesn't make it so

This does still go up on the main page

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frigidstars27 November 10th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul

What you've shared makes total sense to me and feels understandable.
1) You invite people in because of feeling like confrontation isn't going to work out well and people are going to not respect your request, they'll be hurt or offended, or it'll create some kind of mess that feels really unpleasant.
2) Once they're there and you feel (even more strongly) that you don't want them there, you feel like you still can't push them away... for all of the same reasons as above, plus a feeling of hypocrisy/contradiction for asking them to go after you invited them in the first place (even if maybe that invitation was insincere or given under duress).

I don't feel like it's cowardly to not want to get into big, messy, painful, anxiety-inducing fights with people. I'd see it as prudence, kindness, respect, and a sort of expression of self-compassion. If confrontations are really painful for you, then it would make sense to not put yourself through that if it feels like there's an alternative that is less painful (i.e. putting up with whatever it is).

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I can't really speak for anyone else, but my boundaries started developing as a result of people getting under my skin to such a strong degree that it felt more painful to endure it than to finally confront them and tell them to f*** off. :) I kind of snapped and pushed *everyone* away.

I didn't know that I was doing anything specific like "establishing boundaries" or "being assertive" or anything like that. I just knew I hated what I was experiencing, I hated other people for making me feel how I was feeling, and I desperately wanted it to go away. So I did whatever I could to achieve that result.

It was a very impulsive thing for me where I really felt like I was completely violating my own values and being abrasive, mean, and cruel. (Whether or not that was objectively the case, that was how it felt like to me.) I really disliked myself for doing this. It was completely at odds with how I usually was. I saw myself as someone compassionate, and here I was being something almost exactly opposite and completely selfish. At the same time though... in that situation, it felt absolutely necessary and like I couldn't act otherwise without continuing to suffer tremendously.

I found myself needing a way of making sense of all of these actions that I was doing that completely went against what I thought I believed in. It was like... something had happened that my existing values weren't able to explain or justify. So, I developed a new, parallel set of values that now co-exists alongside my old/original values.

The new value system I arrived at says that there are certain basic things I'm obligated to do, but as long as I do those things, I'm not doing anything wrong. If someone expects more of me and they're disappointed, that's ultimately their fault because they're imposing an expectation on me that they don't have a right to impose. In the final analysis, they're trying to take something that doesn't belong to them. My freedom belongs to me, and that's what they're trying to take.

They might as well be stealing my watch and saying, "But it was a really nice watch and I wanted it" or "But I desperately needed a watch". The crucial/critical thing for me is... that watch belongs to me and you don't have a right to it regardless of how much you want it, how happy it makes you, or how much of your suffering it alleviates. It's my choice whether or not to give it to you. If I do give it to you, it's an act of kindness/charity on my part that I'm performing voluntarily. My stuff belongs to me. Generosity is praiseworthy and noble, but it's not obligated. I have a right to say no to things. That's what it means for my relationships to be consensual. Anything outside of that is a slippery slope where someone can ultimately ask *anything* from me and claim that it's morally justified as long as it helps them more than it hurts me. Which in my experience is wrong because it leads to results that are unlivable.

The compromise I make in return for being stingy is that I'll affirm just as strongly that I don't have a right to take anything from *you* without your permission or full consent/approval. And if you say no or tell me to go away, then I also have to honor that as you asserting your basic rights. The core obligation is "don't get in my way and I won't get in your way." It goes in both directions. If someone violates my rules repeatedly and refuses to correct their behavior despite prompting and clarification, then I have to be willing to let that relationship collapse, and I'd consider myself to be better off for having gotten rid of someone like that.

In reality, I'm rarely so direct, hardcore, ruthless, sharp, callous, etc. There are obviously much more tactful and gentle ways of expressing all of this. And there is a lot of bending, negotiating, and forgiveness. And I'm rarely clear about what my boundaries are until they're broken (because it puts people on edge and tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy sometimes). And it's balanced out by my original set of values existing in parallel, which tends to emphasize compassion, empathy, sensitivity, helping people, etc. I very often capitulate just because I find it to be less hassle, but that's fine because I have the right/freedom to do that too if I want to. It's just that if I really do feel someone is taking advantage of me, what I've described above is sort of the pure ethical framework that I would identify with to justify having boundaries and enforcing them.

I feel like the underlying values are more fundamental or central to my understanding of boundaries than any particular outward behavioral action that I apply in order to enforce boundaries. If I really deeply/truly believe I have boundaries, then I'm going to naturally/spontaneously do whatever I feel is necessary to enforce them. And then it's going to flow out of me in a way that's naturally congruent with my social style... rather than feeling like I'm pressuring myself to be confrontational in a way that's unnatural or forced.

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mytwistedsoul OP November 7th, 2019

Idk maybe this was a mistake - Lets over think this

This is why the feed was better

Do you see? Can you see the anxiety all this causes?

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calmLake1999 November 8th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul

Hey, I'm sorry your feeling anxious, I can sit here with you for a little while if you like? It can be scary starting a diary that anyone can read and comment on but I think it shows your strength for starting one up. I'm sorry for just popping in, I just wanted to let you know I think your an amazing and caring person.

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mytwistedsoul OP November 8th, 2019

@calmLake1999 Thank you Calm - but I'm not as nice as everyone thinks I am. I try to do the right things and Idk - nothing seems right. It seems right in the moment but theres always that doubt and the more I look at it. It seems I'm wrong - Idk - maybe it just feels wrong. Idk - I'm so confused - all the time.

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jennysunrise8 November 8th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul

the feeling of it not being right might be that your comparing it to the feed something you became very used to and this is just new maybe this space here will become something you never intended it to be maybe a space just to put things songs you love things that calm you down like a little easy access storage locker of feel good things when your feeling really bad sometimes to remind yourself how to calm down when you just feel lost and out of control sometimes ... itll be something and it can become anything you want it to be just give it to your mind itll evolve into something and you can change anything around create or change any rule for this place at anytime - also something you might not have given much thought to is your personal profile space thats a space you can write in (and edit yourself) at any time and the only people who can see it is someone who goes to your profile just like with the feed and its not writing that goes out to every follower what you write on your profile page ... but i think most of it is just that its new your not used to it its not comfortable yet just like all new things and your feeling a bit lost right now but that new feeling wont last itll be ok ;)

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lovelyWhisper66 November 9th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul Hi there, I'm glad you have created an outlet for your mind. Best wishes! :)

mytwistedsoul OP November 9th, 2019

I wait in the dark
Through whispering winds
I hide, lie in wait
Because I know how it ends

In circles of hell
The weight of the world
Even in my dreams
I can't escape from myself

I shut every door but the right one
I fought the devil and he won

There's gotta be more
'Cause this life is insane
Gotta turn this around
And find the purpose for pain
There's so much to lose
Yeah, there's so much at stake
Gotta turn this around
And find the purpose for pain
The purpose for pain

Fell into the light
Thrown from the abyss
Screamed so many nights
Not going out like this

I shut every door but the right one
I fought the devil and he won

There's gotta be more
'Cause this life is insane
Gotta turn this around
And find the purpose for pain
There's so much to lose
Yeah, there's so much at stake
Gotta turn this around
And find the purpose for pain
The purpose for pain

Yeah
There's purpose for this pain
There's purpose for this pain
There's purpose for pain, yeah

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aquaBeing5032 October 7th, 2022

@mytwistedsoul if this hasn’t been put to music yet it should be. It would make a great rock song.

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mytwistedsoul OP November 11th, 2019

What's on your mind - J?

Speak your mind or bite your tongue?

Chew on your words long enough for them to lose the bitter taste - make them easier to swallow. Nothing you say matters. It will only be used against you anyway

mytwistedsoul OP November 11th, 2019

Crimson coagulates
Body incomplete
How do you love with so much hate?

mytwistedsoul OP November 11th, 2019

Sick of wearing a mask
Sick of hiding my face
Sick of every motherf**ker that is in my way
Sick of digging for answers
While you bury the truth
F**k your method to my sadness, I will bury you
Dig!

There's one thing you forget
You can't make me play dead
I've swallowed your bullsh*t
No respect
You make me f**king sick

Give me a reason

I won't bite my tongue
I am not afraid spineless
A dominion of nothing is all you will reign
You laugh but what did you create

The woods The woods

The bridge of souls to far to reach

mytwistedsoul OP November 12th, 2019

I think their patience is wearing thin with all of us. It must be hard dousing the fires that they didn't start but must put out themselves . Maybe not because they agree - maybe because they normally like what they do here.

It's weird - I had thought of helping out here but recent events made me pull back into myself more. You can't just take away and make random sudden changes and not expect fall out. Just saying. People are lol - up in arms. Sorry - thats a funny picture

Day time depression is making the change to anxiety - all because of sleeping. Not afraid of the dark - the boogieman - ghost or goblins. Nope - afraid of a freaking room

So day time - depression Anxiety - nighttime Like a messed up demented cold medicine - J-Quil

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mytwistedsoul OP November 12th, 2019

@mytwistedsoul

A Jacob Lee night - Ghost - Conscience - Artistry - Cursed - Zen

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