Leave Me Alone So I Can Lick My Wounds
I have to wonder… am I the only one who wants to be left alone when I don’t feel good?
I realized something about myself recently. I only really retreat and go lick my wounds for two reasons: when I’m physically sick or when my feelings are genuinely hurt.
If I have a head cold, an earache, recovering from surgery or I’m just feeling awful, I don’t want company. I don’t want to talk. I want a blanket, some quiet, and to be left alone until I feel better.
And if my feelings are hurt? Same thing. I tend to pull back. I need time to process what happened, think it through, and let my emotions settle. I don’t usually need an audience or twenty people asking me what’s wrong. But for everything else? I write.
A lot.
People probably wonder why I’m always blogging, but honestly, this is how I work through my emotions. My blog is my therapy. It’s where I sort through my thoughts, vent my frustrations, celebrate my happy moments, and make sense of the world around me. I don’t retreat from life. I write through it.
Some people talk things out with friends. Some people bottle it up. I sit down at my computer and type. By the time I’ve written about something, I’ve usually figured out how I feel about it.
So yes, if I’m sick or my feelings are hurt, you’ll probably find me hiding out somewhere licking my wounds. But for everything else, you’ll probably find me writing another blog post.
And if you think I write a lot… now you know why.
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