I used to write about my feelings. Now I write about my thoughts. It is like how I know what I should feel under different circumstances, with different people. I know I ought to feel sad because I just got dumped. But it is only what I tell myself I should feel because it is supposed to be that way. You know? My feelings now work like a formula:
Happiness = Cookies + Tea + A good book
= A warm shower before bed
= Go to Stanley with my best friends and all the people I care about
= Playing tennis with Connie
= Cats
= Picking little daisies
= Road trips
Fear = J-walking and almost get hit by a truck
= Getting into trouble at school and get caught
= Seeing Lego pieces on the floor
Frustration = When someone never listens
= Work on something big but turns out so little
= Trying to explain myself but they never understand
Satisfaction = Everything goes according to plan
= Having to accomplish more than I have expected
Sadness = People walking out of my life, like they die or something...
= Fear + Frustration + Disappointment
= Rejections
Et cetera, et cetera...
I used to be proud of myself, of my ability to write down exactly what I feel inside.
"I could write it better than you ever felt it,"
Indeed I was able to. I was so capable of doing that.
Now it sucks to not be able to write down any of my feelings anymore, I can only write down what I think I feel, and what I think I should feel. It really sucks that I'm numb. I just can't remember what it's like to feel.
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