Sitting with
Your Struggle #gettingoverchallenges
Since more people who are in pain than are in love seem to
surface around the lover’s holiday—Valentine’s Day, I decided to focus in on
the struggles of being single or getting over hard challenges in your life. I
had a great talk with a friend yesterday about his laissez-faire attitude about
relationships. She seemed to be perfectly okay with his life without someone
intimate to share his life. I asked her some pertinent questions about her
attitude to find that work and friendships meant more to her than most people
who really desire intimate love. I also noticed that being alone and being
lonely seemed to be two very separate entities.
So, what single, happy people know is this: To have a
successful life,
- · one must create a work space that brings him/her joy, the ability to create, offer accolades and financial gain, and use up a great deal of time usually spent pining over loneliness;
- · one must develop really good friends with whom they spend those special holidays and weekends with; and
- · be independent and confident in one’s own life without another person in it.
Thus, we see that this doesn’t mean that deep down inside
this person doesn’t want relationship, she simply just doesn’t “depend” on it
for a happy life. I like how my friend did not feel interdependent about an
intimate partner. For sure, this person does not have anxious attachment. But,
and here is the big butt (lol), is this person happy with not having a
relationship actually an avoidant personality, really wanting relationship, but
clouding her life with everything but intimacy because she is secretly scared
of vulnerability?
I asked my friend that question. Her response was great:
“It’s not that I don’t want relationship. I just see so many relationships
around me that are just playing games. They aren’t really relating. They are
going through the motions just to be in an intimate relationship. I don’t want
that at all.”
That satisfied my curiosity. I believe my friend is
getting comfortable in her own skin and with her own life. Soon, if the right
person comes along, she will be ready to make room with work and in her social
life for the right person. But, using the other areas of her life to keep her
satisfied and not pining for unrealistic intimacy is a sure way to keep her in
a secure place until the right person comes along.
But, let’s just say that every thing in your life is
right. You feel happy about your work, your home, your social life, and
comfortable being by yourself. Now, someone comes into your life with whom you
desire to pursue intimacy. How open should you make yourself and quickly should
you become transparent to this person? This is where a healthy person has to
make some deductive decisions about relationship.
At first, you have to get to know the person. I know that
in most of our relationships, we are so hungry for physical intimacy that we
rush into it quickly. But, trust me, you are making the wrong decision. You
must learn about how a person acts and will respond before you open your heart
to that kind of vulnerability. If you don’t, you will be sitting by the phone
waiting for return calls and wonder why you even tried to pursue a life outside
your comfort zone.
I talked to another friend who was just about through with
relationships in the same week. He decided he had had enough hurting from
people not responding to his wishes. During our conversations, we realized that
what his problem had been was opening up his heart too quickly, and also not
sharing his faults with the person he pursued. Listen, you trying to be someone
you’re not, is never going to help you find that perfect person. You have to be
yourself and communicate your needs early on in the relationship. For instance,
I am what’s known as “Sensory Defensive.” (I have a few articles written about
this in www.findingauthenticyou.com.
Check them out.)
When you are sensory defensive, you become a little
anxious about life and about people. Basically, you are afraid everyone is
going to cause one of your triggers to go off. A sensory defensive person has
triggers around sound, taste, smells, crowds, and usually has pain issues,
usually including migraines. In other words, being over stimulated in any of
these areas can cause more pain or discomfort. If I never shared this with a
person I’m trying to have relationship with, I would never being in a secure
place. Start out being authentic, and see where that leads you. You will find
quickly if the person you pursue is compassionate and able to bend, which is a
securely attached person.
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