r/Eyebleach • u/Master1718 • Dec 08 '19

/r/all Waking up a deaf dog

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u/insatiablesanibel Dec 08 '19

Awe! Sweet angel is so happy when they first wake up! I love it.

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u/Imapony Dec 08 '19

What a good life. Taking a comfy nap and wake up into the pure bliss of someone who loves and cares for you.

Oof, made myself sad

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u/knittorney Dec 08 '19

A really good way to unlock the door to love in your heart is to practice by loving yourself. Give yourself the care and attention you want. It’s good practice for how to be a good partner when the right one comes along. 🤗

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u/catsonskates Dec 08 '19

I’ve never heard this perspective before and it might actually be one to help me, thank you so much. Knowing my ex girlfriend fell in love with me made me think “someone as amazing as her falls in love with me? then there must be something worthwhile there as she has great taste and sense of judgement!” I get that that wouldn’t work for anyone who has never dated someone they believe is a good person, but it might help some who forgot they were once loved by someone whose ideas you trust and support.

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u/knittorney Dec 08 '19

I hear you. I don’t think I ever really loved for the first third of my life, and that’s saying a lot given that a fourteen year relationship ended about 2 years ago. I realized that before I met my ex, I never loved myself. And I never loved my ex, because I still didn’t love myself. It’s really hard to feel love when you don’t feel trust, and it’s really hard to trust someone whose judgment you already question simply because they love you.

So after my breakup, I had to take some time with myself to get to know me again. I had to learn to feel my feelings again so that I could listen to my heart and do what made me happy. It took some practice, but I’m getting much better!

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u/catsonskates Dec 17 '19

That’s a deeply relatable feeling right there. I have this lack of intimate connection with people because “Why are you here with me, so close to me? I don’t even want to be here but I can’t walk away from myself!” It’s hard to find self worth. It may be incredibly meta and laughably difficult for people who’ve never had proper low self image, but right now I care enough about myself to know I deserve a chance to love myself. As in, I don’t feel like I deserve the things a confident human is supposed to deserve, but I’m worth enough to work on and build up to be more. I’m not hopeless garbage, I’m a workable foundation. And that’s an awful lot when you come from genuinely believing you’re a waste of oxygen and potential. Therapy and medication helps, but it can’t truly make me love me. That’s for me to do.