Hi suniesha!!
It took me YEARS to learn what I'm about to tell you. So I hope you are a 'fast learner' because it just might save you years of unnecessarily grief.
It is often VERY dangerous to put too much faith in how we FEEL. Our FEELINGS lie to us all the time. Our FEELINGS can NOT be depended upon. Our FEELINGS are NOT always 'right'. In fact - our feelings are often completely WRONG!! Many people FEEL as though they are the ugliest person in the world or the 'stupidest' or the 'least loved and cared about' and so on. But is that really the truth? Are they RIGHT to FEEL that way?! Sure!! And that's where you have to be careful. Everyone has a right to FEEL whatever they feel. But that still doesn't make their feelings RIGHT. That still doesn't mean that what they are feeling is the TRUTH. What you said in your last message is SO familiar to me. And millions of other people have said those exact same words. "I just can't stop FEELING this way!!" That is a very self-defeating statement. And as 'real' as it 'feels' - it's nothing but a LIE. Now you might be annoyed by me saying that too you - but it's the truth. I'm not denying how you FEEL. I'm just trying to encourage you to realize that what you FEEL may not be [and most likely isn't] based on the TRUTH. Your 'drug of choice' [so to speak] is FEELING BAD. And believe me - that was my 'drug of choice' for most of my life. But if you can find the courage to do so - stand back a little bit and take a look at the 'bigger picture'. If you can do that - you just might see how often you 'feed' that 'addiction'. It might just surprise you to realize how often you do things and say things [to yourself and others] that reinforce all of those negative FEELINGS. When I look back to when I was bullied - I can't help but acknowledge that the worst bully I ever met - was ME. The bullies made me FEEL 'less than' and I spent much of my life doing things to myself and saying things to myself that supported those 'less than' FEELINGS. For every awful 'name' someone called me - I called myself a hundred awful 'names'. I have even slapped my face [and really hard too] while looking at myself in a mirror while saying things like,
"You stupid fat f*ck. You're a useless piece of
sh*t." [And so on] And that was on a 'good day'!! lol And wasn't that an awful thing to do to myself?! In spite of how you FEEL - get it into your head that your FEELINGS are NOT bigger than you are. You have a right to acknowledge the truth about yourself. And that truth is far nicer than you can imagine. So stop abusing yourself and treat yourself with the kindness, compassion AND RESPECT. And if your FEELINGS are trying to convince you that you don't deserve to be treated with kindness - tell those FEELINGS to GET LOST!!!!!
GREAT BIG HUG
Craig!!