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The need for rest

I'm really good at throwing things away. In fact, I relish it. If I don't need something anymore, then I have a little goodbye party and throw it in the trash. If I'm not sure where to put something, I shove it behind pillows. I loathe seeing messes, but if I can't see the mess it doesn't bother me. I kinda do the same thing with my emotions, especially negative ones. Those pesky feelings! Consider me the 007 of getting rid of emotions if you will. I'm not a huge fan of them. They're messy. Again, I loathe mess. If I find I'm wearing my emotions on my sleeve, sometimes I feel the need to I cut off the sleeve and throw it away...or stuff it behind a pillow. Yeah, I know that's not so great to do. Sometimes life just gets overwhelming and things don't go so great. And so I hide what I'm feeling until I have time to process it. When I've made myself too busy and don't have time to process, I just keep stuffing and stuffing and stuffing...

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