Posted by partlycloudy on March 24, 2005, at 10:53:29
It makes me feel like such a wimp. Yesterday I had my first ever fender-bender (I was hit from behind) and I'm still shaken up even though I'm fine, I think, and the car had minimal damage.
How can something so small make me fall apart like this? Like everything is out of proportion to its meaning and impact.
Just when I thought I was doing really well! A little thing like this brings me down and glued to my box of tissues. I feel like I'm permamently damaged, to feel so hurt by such a little thing. Like I'm OK as long as things are going along perfectly, but as soon as real life intrudes, the hurt, anxieties and fear are uncovered again. It doesn't feel like a set back so much as something that reveals how superficial my recovery has been.And if anyone tells me to BUCK UP I'll tell them where to BUCK IT.
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