A availability from Are You Emotionally Available?
Open, Sometimes Too Open
Emotional availability is not your problem. The boundary between your feelings and other people's feelings, that's the thing to look at. You absorb the emotional state of a room. You feel people deeply, sometimes before they've even said a word.
What to watch for
When you're in pain, you may not always know if it's yours or someone else's. Because you give so readily, you may attract people who haven't yet learned to give back. Your openness is only sustainable when it's protected by something equally strong underneath it.
What this gives you
You are rare. The depth of feeling you bring to relationships creates experiences of being truly known that most people spend their whole lives searching for. The work is learning to stay open without losing the thread back to yourself.
Three journal prompts for Open, Sometimes Too Open
- When have you shared more than felt safe afterward?
- What's the difference between openness and oversharing for you?
- Write about someone who has earned the deeper parts of your story. What did they do?
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