April 15, 2022
Stage 1, Cycle 3
Listening to DR custom and Elixir now
I looked forward to Elixir this morning, as it really helped last time. DR brought something up yesterday, and I realized it while sharing it with someone.
I had a really good day yesterday at work. I was fully there mentally and emotionally, and I even spent some time with our head boss one on one. I felt good about myself.
But coming home, I found myself heading back to old fearful habitual thinking, and I felt insecure. To summarize, I’m “on” at work, knowing I have to keep my eyes on a goal. But coming home, I can shed all ties to responsibility, even doing so with myself. So yeah, I felt insecure about choices I’d make.
When I pulled in my driveway, I saw my next door neighbor with his garage open. I waved to him, seeking a response. He ignored me. I looked again, wondering if I had missed his response, but he never gave me any notice. It triggered me, as I’d been seeking a “big brother” figure, and the little kid in me was wanting this. I relived being abandoned by my brother again.
Strangely enough, I know he’s unavailable. He’s a local cop, and since I moved in here, he’s never given me the time of day. Since I was thinking like a little kid in those moments, I felt real needy, and I was ashamed of myself. I felt rejected and began rejecting myself.
I still feel a little raw writing about it. Loops are finished. I’ll find out how Elixir will sort this today.
It was good for me to write it out.