Attachment Styles and Abandonment Can Show Up In Our Relationships with THINGS and Opportunities
not just people. *whew*
Oh, look who’s back! It’s meeeeeeeeee, after my break last week. I was prepping to come back to Toronto for a few weeks to get my life together and take a lil vacation. I don’t know what it is, but ever since I left the city, every time I’m back for periods of time, I appreciate being home so much more. I guess this is what home really feels like, huh? I know that I often speak about home being within ourselves, but home can also be a physical place and as someone who had no idea what a physical home felt like for so long in my life, to be able to step into a place where I can breathe and be is very much it. This chapter has also been teaching me to let go of the grip that I have on my “stuff.” Like, my material belongings. I came back home this time with one suitcase instead of…4 and if you know me, you know that that’s growth. I have this habit of taking as many of my things with me when I leave places for extended (or even short) periods of time because earlier on in life, I was taught through experiences that I had to bring my shit everywhere because someone would steal it or I’d never get it back. Foster care and group homes will do that to a person. If I could, I would pack up duffle bags and sling them around with me everywhere because.. “wtf am I going to do without ALL OF MY STUFF?”
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