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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

every time i express myself in a new rawer way, there is still a mark of vigilance about what i’m doing, but less

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

of course i am. of course part of me is watching closely. is this safe? are we dying? are we going to be overwhelmed by our or other people’s reactions to our emotion?

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

you don’t reason with that little part, and declare one day it’s ok, and then it’s ok. you do it a little by little, and it sees this is something you do, and it’s more ok https://t.co/OSHdr0Ytd3

Jessica@jessicamalonso• almost 3 years ago

Noticing a feeling, connecting to your capacity, & responding wisely as best you can from that place *is the move* The same move, over & over. Capacity grows, a greater variety of feelings emerge, you feel more at once, & the range of possibilities expands, all with that move.

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

i had such a strong impulse to barrel over that feeling, and *have it feel safe already* and that’s such an unsafe motivation, and that’s exactly the kind of thing that part is protecting

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 2 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

parts protect intimacy with ourselves. by that of course i mean something like i protect intimacy with myself. the aliveness protection program

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