I seem to be on a roll at the moment with things to blog about.
I think in the past I've just concentrated on things I thought would please the people in Blogland but have changed tack to blog about the things that matter to me and amuse me.
I don't want to harp on about Tom being ill but it has made a huge difference to both of our lives as it would to anyone. I know lots of you have had traumas and lost loved one's so will identify with this post.
It's all about emotions.
I'm full of them at the moment.
I feel like there is a sea bed of emotions all lying dormant on the sea floor just waiting for a storm or a ripple on the surface to make a few of them float to the top.
I never knew I had so many and varied one's that could catch me unexpectedly.
I guess there's not a lot we can do about emotions but just ride them out and try to deal with them differently next time, because each time they surface they not only affect me, but Tom and others around me.
Sorry its not a very uplifting post but sometimes writing something down clears the mind.
Briony
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those little emotions are perfect and match the roller coaster of my life at times also. I fully understand and have ridden it also... right now we are fine, but they are floating out there waiting on another episode. I am glad you shared, keep sharing what you feel, we will like it no matter what you post. consider us an outlet, like the jiggly thing on top of a pressure cooker
ReplyDeleteSometimes I find that just speaking about them, or writing them down helps to put them into perspective.
ReplyDeleteYou can use us all as a release valve!
I'm sorry about what you are going through and your husband being ill. Emotions are our way of dealing with it so go ahead and feel them! That and sharing about them which is what you did!
ReplyDeleteFirst thing is to allow yourself those emotions!
ReplyDeleteI think the key is to accept your emotions and allow them to run their course, rather than resisting them or pushing them down. Easier said than done (for me, anyway), but after all, they're part of life!
ReplyDeleteIn my view, blogging should always be about you and what you want to write about. I look on mine as a kind of journal. Life isn't always sunny and we have to get through the bad times however we can, we are all emotional beings. Keep on keeping on, as they say.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ellie
...sometimes writing something down clears the mind. Yes, Briony, it does.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading whatever you blog about after all it's your space and you can say whatever you like, it's always good to share your feelings and it's only normal for you to be feeling the way you are now. I am all over the place because of an issue with my daughter but I can't share because she wouldn't like it, but it helps a lot when you can. x
ReplyDeleteI really like you being yourself and letting us know! I think bloggers should stick together and lift each other up. Plus it is good for us to write down or otherwise communicate our feelings. It is no wonder your emotions are all over the place, with your sad situation. I am so sorry, and wish so much I could make it all go away. I have always said we can control our thoughts, but we have no control over our emotions. I am glad you are hanging in there, and posting just what you feel like! I believe if you try to be cheerful when you feel lousy, it will evetually catch up with you.
ReplyDeleteI like hearing a blogger's authentic voice. This is one written from the heart. Arilx
ReplyDeleteI think the bloggers who last the longest are the ones who blog about what they want to blog about and not what other people think they should blog about.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand about the emotions. It's not as bad now but mostly in the first year after Wade passed away I could be totally fine and then out of nowhere I would be crying my eyes out. Getting out on the blog now and then is perfectly fine. It's a good way of letting it go so that you can move past those emotions.
Yep, you go ahead & blog about whatever is on your heart & mind, Briony. We're here to listen and to understand. I'm the one who has chronic illness and my husband is the one who has to watch. With my mom it was opposite... my dad was the one with chronic illness. Mine is hypertension & diabetes but dad's ran the whole gamut of those two things plus heart disease, gout, etc. My mom went through exactly what you're going through and it was NO picnic... so I understand your predicament & feelings. My mom didn't have a blog on which to vent. I wish she had. Much love~ Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteI’m with Jane and Steve - acknowledging them is half the battle. Putting pen to paper can also help. Love to both you and Tom
ReplyDeleteYes, as others have said, Briony, putting it all down on paper (or in this case the w.w.w.) is a good way to vent your feelings. As you know, I have been there and done that and I always found writing about it helped.
ReplyDeleteDear Bryony - this is the perfect kind of post from our point of view - real people, real concerns, real life, not something dressed up to make everything look good like a life lived in a rose bed (roses have thorns too, but people ignore those when they try to describe their lives as beds of roses). You are posting stuff your readers can relate to. A balanced life has balanced emotions - good and bad, welcome and not so welcome - and we love you as a person for embracing them all for us. xxx Mr T and F
ReplyDeleteYour blog is your space - use it as you want - not how you think others might want you to use it. How come those little emojis don't have hair or ears?
ReplyDeleteP.S. Give Tom a bacon sandwich from me.
It's a good job we have emotions, if we didn't we wouldn't be human. We can try and control them but it's not always possible. Sometimes you have to wait for the unpleasant ones to go away. Mine change with the seasons. Winter is not a happy time for me, I yearn for the spring.
ReplyDeleteBriony you have given us so beautiful post over the years. Sharing your beautiful hand crafts, cute pictures of the four legged family members as well as things going on with you and Tom. This post is no less beautiful. It's shows your humanity, it's shows things can get a little hairy in our lives etc. Now let us lift you and Tom during time in your life with good thoughts and prayers. Because you certainly deserve them.
ReplyDeleteI felt uncomfortable writing some of the posts I've done about my emotions, too. I didn't want to be seen as complaining, or be boring, or make people turn away. But it did help a lot, both writing it down and also realizing from the comments that there is support from my blog friends for how I am feeling. I hear you on the swirl of feelings, the chaos on the inside of us. You've described it very well. Keep writing when you need to. xx
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