Trying to overcome self-censorship: micro.chrisjwilson.me
@ChrisJWilson I’ve never found anything you’ve written here offensive, out of tune or otherwise negative. I suspect that I might have the opposite problem. Maybe I ought to self-censor a bit.
@odd Maybe that proves the self-censorship has worked! :S I certainly have deleted several things before posting and in many cases I don’t regret it, but I really want to write some longer form content again and can’t seem to get over the hump!
I’ll add that I don’t think I’ve seen anything offensive or negative from you either!
@ChrisJWilson I know that I can be a bit gloomy and sarcastic sometimes when I’m feeling down and tired, and even offensive, but I’m trying not to be offensive to people that doesn’t exalt themselves at the expense of others.
@JMaxB This is very good advice. For a while I used to deposite any writing I didn’t publish into my journal app — DayOne — or just keep it in my writing app as a draft. for a long time I’ve had a habit of writing a first draft and occasionally just starting again from scratch. The second time was always much better.
In fact, I have revised a post I wrote a couple of months ago just before replying to this comment! I just need some images (it’s for a “serious” blog even though the post is totally out of place!)
@ChrisJWilson @odd @gabz I want to hear what you guys have to say! And I’ve never gotten a whiff of offensive/bad vibes from ya’ll. It’s okay not to be sunny-positive all the time. 🙂
@Cheri Thank you for saying this! I was a bit afraid my comments on jogging and death would suck the life out of you and the rest of the readers! I’m on the sunny side today, so everything is happy-happy-joy-joy! 😃☀️
@ChrisJWilson Sounds like things have been hard for a while. Sorry your daughter and now you are not feeling well. It can be so easy to underestimate the serious detrimental effect poor sleep has on every aspect of your life.
I resonate with you saying you second-guess whether you are right person to say whatever it is you’ve been thinking.
I think that learning to be authentic not to who are supposed to be, but who you actually are, in incredibly difficult. One nice thing is that you’ve found a community here in m.b that will listen to you with compassion and an open mind instead of a red correction pen and judgment.
Best of luck in finding your courage to be you, and best wishes for a speedy recovery for you and your daughter.
@bennorris you’ve got a good point. I’m certainly feeling the lack of exercise and sleep at the moment. It’s easy to forget how important all these things are for mental health.