Still images from this short film I made.✨
Let’s work on communicating our insecurities and feelings instead of accusing our loved ones. Making accusations can damage our relationships and isn’t fair to our loved ones.
Try saying “I’m scared I’m going to be alone” instead of “you’re going to leave me like everyone else”.
Try saying “I’m sorry I hurt your feelings. I feel bad about it. Is there anything I can do to help make this better?” instead of “I’m such a failure and a bad person. You shouldn’t be friends with me anymore.”
Try saying “I’m feeling really alone lately. Can we talk more?” instead of “you never talk to me. You must not care about me.”
Our loved ones can’t read our minds. No matter how obvious it might seem to us that we’re struggling, it isn’t necessarily obvious to them. And there are any number of reasons that they might not notice, or might notice and not react (such as trying to respect that they think you don’t want to talk about it and will come to them when you’re ready.)
Your feelings are valid. Your insecurities are valid. But it’s better to deal with these by seeking reassurance in healthy ways or coping mechanisms like self-soothing instead of accusing those you love of bad intentions.
Ana Mendieta: Siluetas Series (1973)
Girl, Interrupted directed by James Mangold (1999)
Harvest Mouse by Dean Mason.
how to love someone without feeling like you’re dying?
La Belle et la Bete, 1946, Jean Cocteau
“Dream house I”, Shanice Bloodbloom
collage
4″x6″, 2016
Maila Nurmi, star of The Vampira Show, Hollywood, 1954 | Dennis Stock
