Not talking about just missing someone casually I mean that deep, chest-aching, can’t-get-them-out-of-your-head kind of yearning. Maybe it’s someone you’re in love with, or someone things never worked out with. Maybe you never told them.
If you’ve ever felt that kind of emotional intensity, how do you cope with it? Do you write, distract yourself, try to suppress it, or lean into it?
Also curious do you ever feel like there’s no “acceptable” outlet for that kind of emotion as a man?
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Its been so long since I felt that way that I honestly forgot how its like. I remember I was going nuts each day I wasnt with her.
Thankfully, I am much more reserved now
I don’t. There’s an emptiness and longing for that sort of connection, but nobody I’ve felt it towards for nearly a decade, and nobody that has felt romantically about me for longer. I keep it in the back of my mind now. It’s been there so long I’m just used to it. It’s background noise. I’m pretty sure it’s not helping with my mental state though. Adding to the stress of everything else and helping to fuel the depression.