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Resolution Heart and Soul

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Have you ever been feeling really upbeat and positive, your day was going well and you were just all around happy? Then you start talking to someone who was just all around nasty? Like everything they said was designed to bring you down and make you feel just as bad as they obviously did? That is negativity and sometimes it’s very hard to fight it. It’s hard to talk to someone who say and do things that feel like they are designed to make you feel so bad that you are just so drained after dealing with them. I like to call these people emotional vampires.

They suck you into their life by being nice and helpful and the deeper you get involved with them the more they sink their claws into you. They suck you in and make you feel bad for them because of their life and all that has gone on in it. They are obviously a victim until one day you realize, it’s nothing more than a farce. At first it’s not that noticeable, you just think that they are having a bad day and you make excuses for them, but this gives way to more and more negativity and you start getting angry and feeling like there is this huge ball of negativity sitting inside you and you can’t get rid of it. At some point this thing growing inside of you grew claws and the more time you spend around this person the deeper the claws dig into you until you feel nothing but destructive emotions.

I’ve been dealing with this for the last several years. I have a person in my life that seems like nothing more than a negative ball of energy. It started out innocently enough. We seemed like we had a lot in common and I started getting more and more involved in their life until little things started happening, then it became bigger things. It’s to the point right now that I can’t even think about this person without my blood pressure going up. It’s not as simple as just walking away from them.

But one of my resolutions for this new year is to CUT THE FAT OUT OF MY LIFE! All that negativity is not good for me or my family. Negativity breeds negativity. There are days when I get so angry at this person that I find myself yelling at my girls because of my feelings for this person. It’s not healthy. My girls know this and even understand it, but it’s still not right.

So this will be my year to get myself centered. I realize that there will always be conflict in my life, but I will never again let it get to the point where I have a hard time restraining myself from doing VERY.BAD.THINGS. Over the course of time I have learned to accept my negative feelings as they are. Yes, I’m feeling like total shit right now, but it is what it is now lets move on, trust me when I say it’s not an easy thing to do. Sometimes it’s so much easier to just give in and let it take over. But then we do and say things we will regret. That’s even harder to deal with. I am effectively choosing to move on from this. I’m going to get my heart and soul in balance again. I’m even looking forward to it.

What about you? Do you have someone negative in your life that you want and need to cut out, but find it difficult to? How do you deal with them and your emotions?
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Hey Jen 5 pts

That once I cut this person from my life I will do a little dance. ;)

It's been a long time coming and I can see the end of the tunnel!

Fresh start indeed! Happy new year!

Just_Margaret 7 pts

I used to. The best thing I ever did was cut that woman from my life. Clean break, no interaction, done, kaput...finito! It took a lot of resolve and strength at first but I stuck to it.

From that experience, and others before it, I've learned that I just make out better when I *don't* get too close to emotional vampires in the first place.

Taking care of yourself is essential. Don't allow room for the negative...

And, here's to a fresh new year!

~Margaret

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