godessalthena
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2018 21 July :: 7.27pm
you don't need a friend
boy, you're a man
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godessalthena
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2018 19 July :: 10.23pm
I frustrated myself to no end
I just can't find words
but I so desperately want to connect
I don't know what to say or how to say it and I feel like I'm drifting away
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godessalthena
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2018 19 July :: 8.49am
need the secret to mind reading
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godessalthena
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2018 18 July :: 10.22pm
everything feels so empty
I put on a smile and crack a joke to calm those around me
going through the motions fake it til you make it
i want to be spoiled
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shroudofrain
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2018 17 July :: 9.57pm
I Kind of Hate Being a Dad
Kinda weird to read, right?
Weirder to write.
Don't get me wrong here, it's not that I hate my kids, that's farther from the truth.
I hate being a dad.
I have four kids, and I guess the term is "stair-step"?
They are 5, 4, 3, and 5 months at the time of me writing this, and it's hard to imagine life without them.
I have this tendency, though, to not get the best of my emotions... and sometimes those emotions drive.
I'll yell about stupid stuff like cleaning their room, I'll punish them for having an attitude or talking back; it drives me crazy when they ignore what I'm telling them or when I'm trying to get their attention.
All this time, I fail to remember that they are 5, 4, and 3 (the 5 month old doesn't know that part of me yet, or at least has not been on the receiving end).
I sent my kids to bed tonight angry because they weren't going to sleep... again, failing to remember that they are 5, 4, and 3.
I yelled. They cried. I yelled some more; they went to sleep, and I feel like trash.
So I did what every parent does then they want to figure out why they are such a sucky parent: I Googled "why am I angry all the time?"
What I found shocked me.
An article popped up that caught my eye: Irritable Depression: When Sadness Feels Like Anger (I'll leave a link at the end).
What I read took me off guard. I am angry, and on a hair-line trigger in my home... because I'm depressed.
I'm depressed that I didn't think I'd be at this point in my life -married five years with four kids at 29.
I'm depressed that I'm not where I saw myself being ten years ago -holding a steady and well-paying career, with maybe a kid or two. I'm depressed that I have a beer gut and barely drink beer. I'm depressed that I feel like my four kids hate me... and I hate that.
James 1:19 - "So then, my friends, let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to become angry."
Ephesians 6:4 - "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them and train them in admonition of the Lord."
It is clear in scripture that God does not want us to let anger control our actions. We should have control over what we do, and when we say we love God, our actions should reflect that confession of faith; when any emotion is taking the helm of our actions -whether it be anger, sadness, anything like that- it's not a good thing.
It is also clear that it is hard to understand the character of God that is defined as a Father, until you become a father yourself.
We, as God's children, do things we know we shouldn't do over and over again -a lot of the time the same exact thing, over... and over again. It's one thing to experience this dynamic when you are the one constantly needing mercy and grace... but when you're the one who has to constantly give it, we find far too often that we are like that servant to the king in one of Jesus' parables where the servant owed the king an unplayable debt, but the king showed mercy and grace by obsolving the debt, but when the servant was the one collecting a debt, he showed no grace, no mercy, and in fact was angry and sinned.
As I'm writing this I feel like crap for being this way to my children.
What I have done is let my emotions get the better of me and control me; what I have done is not show the character of God to my children very well.
What I have done, is sinned: against my children, and against God.
I said I hate being a dad, and in a way I do.
I hate that my actions are being observed and absorbed constantly by carbon-based copies of myself.
I hate that I have to teach things like saying "please" and "thank you" all the while wonder where they got the concept of "mine" and "no."
I hate that being a dad is so hard.
And not that I abhor hard work, but being a parent is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life.
I love my kids, though.
I hug them when they are hurt.
I give them morning tickles, every morning.
I make them coffee at church.
I comb and brush their hair.
I get sad when I have to go to work and give them a hug goodbye.
I get so happy to hear "DADDY!!!" when I first step out of my car getting back from work.
I love reading the Bible to my children every night.
I love getting pictures of the silly stuff my wife and kids do at home while I'm gone.
I could not imagine my life without my children.
I'd be sad if they were gone. I'm sad when they go to grandpa's for a weekend.
I say I kind of hate being a dad, but what I really mean by that is that it hurts being a dad. It hurts a lot: it requires so much of you, for so long.
It's stressful.
It's repetitive.
It's chaotic.
It's got high heights and low lows.
It's manic.
It's lonely.
It's depressing.
It hurts... bad.
But.... it's so worth it.
Tomorrow I'm going to make things right; expect an update.
https://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/mood-disorders/irritable-depression-when-sadness-feels-like-anger/amp/
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godessalthena
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2018 15 July :: 10.39am
I don't want to live because the pain in my heart often feels too much to bear
but I also kinda am looking forward to the grown up things
but I also have a very strong feeling I'm too sad inside to be a good mother. that this pain will make me terrible yo my kids and make them resent me in the future, or come out damaged like me. and how could I protect them from what happened to me?
there isn't a way. but if that happened to them? how could I ever forgive myself?
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godessalthena
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2018 14 July :: 12.01am
the loneliness it's rather soul crushing
and it isn't for a lack of people who would listen
I just have no words to express my thoughts or feelings
I just want to fade into nothingness until all there is of me is a bitter memory... I feel so small and utterly insignificant because I am.
and so alone inside like I was made missing something I can never have.
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godessalthena
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2018 12 July :: 7.35am
I know you won't ever admit it, but I know it's the booze.
seeing bill Burr this weekend with my bestie in Seattle as her day gift.
my cars timing cover is jacked, $700+ repair after the $1,000 I put into it since my bday. it's only a 2012 :( I should have done more research. apparently this cover issue could have caused all the other shit that broke so thankfully CarMax is doing these repairs for free!
also the lady who sold me my car did the warranty wrong so I got a bonus 25,000 miles on my warranty! hellaaaaaa
hopefully this is the last thing went with it for a while. I got this car to be more reliable than my last and now I've spent more money on this 2012 than my 1996 Nissan or my 1992 Mercury.
next car I get I want it to be an ultra smooth ride with no inside sound with as sun roof. it's going to have being inside and underneath. it'll be some time of El Camino or maybe just an Ute.
keep dreaming dreamers
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godessalthena
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2018 9 July :: 10.58pm
my boss complimented my better attitude today
but said she wasn't sure if it was sincere and it's like what does it even matter I'm smiling I'm cracking jokes people are happy that's what you want so let's just don't worry about the deeper parts
everything that could have gone wrong cooking tonight did but it still turned into wonderful
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godessalthena
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2018 2 July :: 1.57pm
my sleeve is FINALLY FINISHED
after 5 years and 48 hours of work this beautiful creation has all the pieces filled.
but he use two different blacks and half is in the new black and half is in the old (the old stuff looks kinda grew, like graphite). I kinda want him to go other all the lines again but fuuuuuck
this last appointment was definitely the most painful (possibly second after the elbow, but I don't quite remember if it was worse or not)
he also touched up my totoros and back stars so they look a lot more clean and vibrant!
I love all of them. I'm so happy it's finally done :)
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godessalthena
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2018 29 June :: 10.47pm
why do I still try
don't try
it doesn't matter either way
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godessalthena
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2018 27 June :: 1.51pm
I know how to cope with my depression, I know I can't dwell on my set backs, but I was really, really counting on at least getting an interview, and now you tell me they've hired everyone they want to for now.
but it's not ok to be upset about that.gotta just keep moving forward like a cold unfeeling robot arm.
I'm so fucking sick of all this. just leave me alone. I am shutting myself away so none of you have to feel compelled to give me any more advice I didn't ask for, or more negative words that I don't need, or telling me to do shit I'm not fucking going to do.
IM DRIVING MY OWN GOD DAMNED BUS AND I WILL BE AS FUCKING SAD AS I WANTO TO BE ABOUT WHATEVER I WANT TO BE SAD ABOUT.
I'm not asking for help. my experience is my responsibility. I'm not asking to be lifted up and told fluffy lies about myself.
just leave me be and let me rot alone in absurdity.
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godessalthena
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2018 26 June :: 7.04am
finally got rid of my Facebook, feels good to get rid of Zuckerberg's robot lizard eyes in my life.
I got accepted to start working from home, so hopefully I will start feeling better about work. I won't have to try and dodge questions about how I am or how my weekends went. I won't have to wear uncomfortable clothing and starve all day. I will be able to go for a walk and a park instead of a huge parking lot next to the Comcast building.
what I really need is a hug and to be held. I wish someone could tell me everything is going to be alright, but I know it isn't at this point.
I'm trying to accept the facts that I will never feel rested again and that the world will always be a horrible depressing place as long as other humans exist in it. humans are the worst. we aren't special, so stop thinking we are.
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godessalthena
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2018 25 June :: 8.45pm
sometimes I'd be nice for words and not just gifs.
idk. I both love and hate the internet.
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godessalthena
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2018 25 June :: 3.12pm
my boss told me to keep my promotion I need to be happy at work
I told her to fucking take both the raise and promotion and shove it up LM's asshole because I'm not going to fake it so management can have the warm and fuzzies.
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godessalthena
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2018 24 June :: 8.45am
when everything inside looks like everything you hate
there is no hope for change
there are no chances to take
I'm on fire burning at the absurdity
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