by felo » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:52 am
old mistakes keep bothering me, and not in a helpful way. its just obsessing. i wish i could feel some progress being made instead, wish i could understand and forgive and forget, but its really just a replay in my head...
i need to understand what went wrong. i think i do. but maybe i need to run through it again
i need to forgive myself for the mistake, but that part feels a little hard
but at the end of the day i need to remind myself that i dont need relationships with people who hold grudges. if they want to cut me off because of a misunderstanding, if they want to cut me off without talking to me about the problem first, then theyre pretty much just not good at relationships. i am healthier than that. i communicate. i am not petty. i hate that i hurt them, but we could have worked together to solve it. they were not interested. these are the important things. the guilt is important too because it will teach me something, but after a point, it's just my ocd driving me crazy. putting the memory on replay. that's not necessary. when that happens, remember these things.
did i fail? maybe. maybe i failed to communicate effectively. but was that my fault? i question simply because, well, it's one of those things that happens. sometimes we struggle to articulate thoughts, but that's why we keep talking, to try to get to the right words. is that a fault of mine, that it happens to me too? should i be personally ashamed that an instance of this was bad enough to ruin a friendship? ...when i put it in these words, it kinda feels like, no, that's not really a big deal or a reflection of my character. just an unfortunate turn of events.
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im not just trying to shrug off blame. but i do feel really bad about it right now and i just dont think i have to do that. its over. its been months. so maybe i simply dont need to feel that bad about a misunderstanding. yeah. idk. thats all. ocd pls just stop ;-;
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