Gratitude.
I am overwhelmed by acknowledgments and compliments by my readers on IG. Yes, not only you'll feel overwhelmed by negative things, but you'll also feel overwhelmed by positive inputs. Earlier in the week, I was crying at the mall realizing how impactful my work has been. I had a booth at IPC mall for Valentine's Day and this experience really opened my eyes. So many of you actually made time to come and visit me at the booth, to support me, to see me, to talk to me & it was actually overwhelming. One of my coping mechanisms is dissociation. When I experience something overwhelming, my soul leaves my body, resulting in me being unable to fully feel the experience. It sort of has a delayed effect on me. Sometimes it takes weeks/months for the feeling to finally kick in. I've experienced a delayed effect of emotions for 3 months and when it hits me, oh, it hits extremely hard. The guilt was indescribable, especially during that 3 months, due to being unable to feel th...