Being alone
I am one of those people who need a lot of alone time, in order to clear my thoughts/emotions and get grounded. Part of this is because I am very in tune to how others feel (which I hope makes me a good therapist!), and I can unplug from that only when I am alone. Lately I have not had enough alone time, and I don’t feel as grounded or as peaceful inside. I have resolved to change that, and started so this past weekend. When I am alone, I journal, vegetate, sing, read, blog and exercise- activities that bring me much joy! I am not someone who is afraid of being alone, although sometimes I take my aloneness too far- where I don’t connect with the people in my life that I love and cherish, and then I start to feel alone , which is very different from being alone . If I retreat too much from loved ones, I don’t feel emotionally connected, and being an introvert, I do not have a lot of relationships, just a few close ones. When I feel alone it seems like I don’t have any anchors...