Dating
Eternal Love
Lucas had been going to the same coffee shop for years, but it wasn't until he met Isabella that he realized what he had been missing. It was a typical Tuesday morning when he walked in and saw her sitting at a table in the corner, reading a book.
By Habibullah Zakria3 years ago in Confessions
Love in the City Lights
Title: Love in the City Lights Chapter 1: The Chance Encounter In the bustling city of Verona, known for its vibrant streets and lively atmosphere, lived two individuals, Emily and Ethan, both trapped in the monotony of their everyday lives. Emily, a talented and ambitious photographer, was struggling to make a name for herself in the competitive industry. Ethan, a charismatic and witty writer, was stuck in a dead-end job, dreaming of penning his own novel.
By KIAN3 years ago in Confessions
The Road Ahead
Chapter 1: First Encounter The exam hall was quiet, save for the sound of pencils scratching against paper. The protagonist sat hunched over his desk, staring intently at the questions in front of him. He was focused, and determined to ace this exam and prove his worth.
By NIDAL K3 years ago in Confessions
Broken Promises
Sophie and Jack were childhood sweethearts. They met when they were just six years old and quickly became inseparable. They spent countless hours playing together, sharing their dreams, and promising each other that they would never be apart. As they grew older, their bond only grew stronger, and they fell deeply in love.
By Information Facts3 years ago in Confessions
Love in the Rain
Sophia sat on the edge of her bed, staring out the window as the rain pelted against the glass. Her heart was heavy with emotions that she couldn't quite articulate. She had been in love with Alex for years, but he had always been out of reach. She had tried to move on, but no one had ever quite measured up.
By Stella 3 years ago in Confessions
A Tale of Two Hearts: School Love Story
Once upon a time, there was a high school named Lincoln High School. It was a place where students from different backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life gathered to learn and grow. Among those students were two teenagers, Emma and Liam, who fell in love in their sophomore year.
By Sachin Sharma3 years ago in Confessions
After the breakup
When a relationship ends, it can be especially difficult for someone who is young because the relationship symbolizes their entire future. They know there are other people, but it kind of feels like the world is closing down. It has become even more difficult with social media because people can check up on each other and communicate with each other, whereas in the past, when I was growing up, you just took the phone and called people. It's that motivating state that explains why it's so difficult to resist reaching out to someone you genuinely miss and want to see return. Women tend to be more negatively impacted by breakups, reporting high levels of both physical and emotional pain, but while breakups hit women the hardest, they tended to recover more fully, whereas men, on the other hand, rarely fully recovered. I thought that was very interesting, but I wasn't too sure what that meant. Yeah, it's interesting, and it also shows that women tend to be more positively impacted by breakups. things And here I'm painting with a wide brush, right? You know how comfortable one is feeling, whether their feelings are male or female, is going to heavily affect how quickly one passes from mourning. This is the same thing as trauma. The more willing someone is to face the full depth and intensity of the sensations that they identify with that trauma, the more rapidly they're going to go through it again. I'm borrowing from Paul Conti, so these aren't my words, but you know, individuals employ a variety of methods to avoid feeling the unpleasant emotions or the pain of a breakup, such as diversion, state sublimation, and avoidance of various types. You should know that trying to self-soothe with alcohol, soothe with multiple new partners, or use any other method just prolongs the process because this map of space-time and closeness needs to be fractured, and the only way to do that is for the brain to have to face the fact that by breaking up with them, they are no longer available.You know, you can really see this in animal studies that are kind of hard; they're actually extremely hard. It's like the food on the other side of that wall is gone; it's simply not there anymore, or that the food that was accessible now has a wall in between and you will not go through it. You know, you can see this in animal studies that are kind of hard; they're actually very hard to watch. You'll see the animal persevere and literally damage his own body trying to get through a barrier to something that's highly motivated to see people do that post-breakup; they usually do that by talking to everyone about the breakup; they're just not there anymore; or the food that was accessible now has a wall in between and you will not get through it. I believe that from a very young age, there is a skill that, at least I'm sure, transcends to women as well: learning to pack down feelings. So when are we really talking about packing down feelings? I think that the ability to really feel the full intensity of how sad it is and be able to confront that is probably the key to being, let's just say, effective at dealing with breakups. I'm not a psychologist, but what I've learned about top-down control from the forebrain to autonomic control is similar to how I don't want to jump off a high dive or give a speech, but I'm going to kind of push myself to do it. David Goggins Grief is an autonomic state that, as we say, has a negative valence, but it's high levels of autonomic arousal with a negative connotation because you can have high levels of autonomic arousal with both happiness and sadness, right? You can be alert and aroused and happy, or you may be alert and aroused and sad; it's very alert and arousing, and yet we learn how to tame that down. He was a big supporter of scream therapies; he used to go up into the hills behind Stanford; in fact, he still owns a property there; he was really into catharsis, the cathartic release of internal state; he felt that this would allow him to return a happier, nicer person; however, he was also known for screaming at people in the office, so he obviously had a lot pent up inside. Therefore, I think the more we can lean into the emotional aspect of this, the more I can speak from experience when I say that I would utilize the resentment or unhappiness from a bad experience to work 10 times harder and 10 times longer to just earn that much more. Focus involves taking that autonomic arousal, that narrow aperture, and that energy and applying them to something that advances your life. In some cases, this is beneficial because you still need to function and give, but it can give you the impression that you are working through something because you receive all the benefits and recognition for your efforts. However, what you fail to do is remap that space-time closeness map, which you will then discover, I guarantee. closeness map When people say you haven't coped with the loss, they mean you never genuinely allowed yourself to experience the sensations, but once you do, it's like a valve that releases. This is why you may, five or ten years later, wonder why you're so tired or why certain things in your life aren't going well.
By Sandisiwe Nkomazana3 years ago in Confessions
The Last Message
Catie had been scrolling through old photos of her and Dom on her phone when she stumbled upon a picture that had been taken on their one-year anniversary. They had gone to a fancy restaurant, and Dom had bought her a beautiful necklace. Catie had been so happy that night, and it made her heart ache to think about how things had ended between them.
By Jean Rose Ramirez3 years ago in Confessions
