There are patterns you don't notice until they start hurting in the same place every time. You'll think life is repeating itself but really, you are. I had to get real honest with myself for this post it's been a little while since releasing my last post and I've come to know and realize that I was feeding the same loops with the same choices. I then had the nerve to expect a brand new outcome to grow from old soil. Truth is I didn't value myself first. I said yes when my body screamed NO. I stayed quiet to keep the peace. ( I'm a know it all if you didn't know). I made myself small so others could stay comfortable. I let people eat off my energy when I was starving and then I'd resent them for it..Not realizing it was me abandoning me.
" If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." Zora Neale Hurston.
I fed patterns through the things I used/use to cope:
Drinking too much, A.K.A poisoning myself.
Vaping
Escaping myself
Unprotected sex that left my spirit feeling emptier, not loved.
Walking into spaces I didn't belong in, trying to feel something.
Choosing people I knew weren't good for me.
Hurting people who cared.
Hurting myself even more.
Self abuse always becomes mutual abuse. When you treat yourself badly, you give everyone permission to match that energy. I didn't want to admit that once upon a time. I cursed myself with my words, I cursed others too. Out loud or silently. Anger, jealousy, insecurity...All of it leaked into the room before I did, then I wondered why my relationships felt chaotic. I lied, to myself and others. Small spiritual betrayals. The " I'm fine" when I wasn't. The " I don't care" when I did. The pretending, the performing. I sabotaged what was good. I tolerated what was bad. I called it "love," "loyalty", "having a big heart". It wasn't any of those honestly it was fear and habit. It was the parts of me that didn't want to heal yet. I've been lazy with my growth. Lazy with my boundaries. Lazy with keeping my word to others and myself. I didn't appreciate myself, so how could I appreciate anyone else consistently?
I abused people mentally, emotionally, verbally. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes because I didn't have the tools to respond any healthier. Physically too, in moments I'm not proud of. Violence against yourself eventually spills outward.
The pattern was me. The loop was me. The pain was me. The avoidance was me. The most important part is that I'm catching myself now. I'm stopping mid-pattern. I'm watching my triggers before they turn into reactions. I'm noticing the old energy when it rises and choosing different, even when it's hard. I'm hearing that quiet voice inside saying " don't do that again" I'm actually listening. Breaking patterns is not about perfection. It's bout awareness. It's about not lying to yourself anymore. It's about saying " I know what this is, and I'm not feeding it today."
This file is me taking responsibility for the things I once justified. The loops I built, the ones I walked into, the ones I thought were fate and most importantly the ones I'm walking out of now.