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Old Nov 09, 2017, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by abusedtoy View Post
I cannot have any relationships.
I cannot make any friendships.
For I am avoidant.

I get hurt so easily, even at the slightest thing, due to lifelong trauma. Emotional wound is like unto physical, just that you cannot see, it doesn't mean it is not there. When you are wounded, further wounding it would make it worse. So, this is somewhat an analogy. It is like my emotions and feelings have been amplified a thousand times. But, emotional wound is a lot more worse, in my opinion, because you never know when it will be healed, while the physical, possibly. There are triggers that would remind you of memories, then the pain comes flood into your being again. I therefore keep silent. When silence is the way to calm myself down. When silence doesn't hurt. When isolation means reducing the risk of being harmed again. Even the thought of it is re-traumatizing me too.

What if I cross my boundary? I could imagine myself get into extreme panic mode, may even get paralysed at the fear of rejection, because I have known rejection all my life. I knew every bit of it and how it felt like completely, including the feelings of humiliation that I have suffered on a daily basis for over a decade. I could imagine myself of self-projecting out of my body if I get too afraid. When relationship is mixed with trauma, it is like touching with the fire, while others are touching the water, refreshed yet unharmed.
I can relate to this extremely well. The slightest change of environment or situation is enough for me to withdraw from people. In fact, I'm in such a situation right now. I haven't left my apartment for three days now, afraid of what and who is out there, afraid of the brutal reality smacking me in the face as soon as I stick my head out the door.

But here's something I realised: I'm not shutting the door on the storm outside if I'm avoidant. I'm shutting the door on the storm inside me. I'm too afraid to confront the storm of emotions inside me, so I hide from it and bubble it up. But that's not healthy. And not helpful.

We all need to confront this if we don't want our storms to devour us from the inside. I hope that I'll be strong enough for that at some point.
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Thanks for this!
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