For context, I’ve always prided myself on being good at showing up for loved ones.
When I hit a wall in my AuDHD burnout last year and ended up in an IOP, I wish someone would’ve warned me how swift the exodus of family members, friendmily, peers, and faith community would be!
Here I am a year later at 39 and realizing: for what it’s worth I only liked like 10% of the people I’ve ever known. lol! So, as much as I was tolerated…I was tolerating them too! 💀😏
Anyways, now that the misaligned left and some of the trash took itself out (one-sided relationships, energy vampires, and dysfunctional family system members), I now have a handful of quality connections I truly love and value left.
My concern: Grief and emotional whiplash has been brutal. How do you cope with the grief of realizing nearly four decades of your life of people sticking around was contingent on your pleasant, easygoing mask?
🙏🏾💞