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Salvin Sawyerr's avatar

Me gradually cutting off all the people I know who gaslight. I’m not tolerating rubbish, this year. 🧑✨

Iris Rainwood's avatar

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Miiracle Orji's avatar

i can relate to these!, i have shown kindness to so many persons who treat take my kindness for granted. even when they come back to speak calmly to me, i find a way to speak with them.

sometimes, i want to scream and shout but then again the spirit of God gives me peace in the turbulence.

Iris Rainwood's avatar

Your words carry so much depth. Being kind even after being taken for granted isn’t easy, and finding peace in that turbulence is something truly beautiful.

Miiracle Orji's avatar

Thank you

Missy for GenxProud LLC's avatar

So much in this that I can feel down to my toes. Great writing.

Iris Rainwood's avatar

I’m so grateful you felt it that deeply. Moments like this are why I write.

Hina Gondal's avatar

Beautiful

Iris Rainwood's avatar

Thanks a lottt

Andrew Lynch's avatar

That’s a great description of gaslighting. David Whyte said, β€œanger is the purest form of compassion”. When you’re not allowed to be compassionate or empathetic anymore, you’re being oppressed, and when you’re not expressing your emotions, they’re being repressed. It’s a ticking time bomb.

Iris Rainwood's avatar

Exactly πŸ’― Suppressed empathy turns into anger. Unexpressed emotions always find another voice.

Andrew Lynch's avatar

I didn’t know that about anger. That makes sense.

V S Uma's avatar

Hey

It is so relatable, the poem.you have penned πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―

Everyone of us undergo such emotions in our respective lives undoubtedly

NiceeeπŸ‘ŒπŸ½πŸ‘ŒπŸ½πŸ‘ŒπŸ½

Iris Rainwood's avatar

I’m so happy you connected with it 🀍 These emotions really do belong to all of us.