Conversations in My Head
Have you ever had a conversation in your head? You know the kind I mean. The one where you want to talk to someone close to you that has said or done something hurtful - I have had many. When doing the conversation in your head, you can carefully rehearse your words, identify various outcomes and prepare yourself. Covid has isolated so many of us. I know that we have all had many kinds of conversations in our heads with family, friends, children, co-workers, lovers,neighbors, etc because of that isolation. I am a victim of that isolation. I have had more honest consations in my head over the last 3 years than I have had my entire life. I am slowly trying to break the bonds of the isolation, yet I am still having conversations in my head. I hope this is not the new normal. We need to talk to people, validate people, be surrounded by people. The next time you are having a conversation in your head, take it outside and talk to a real person because you can never reh...