On not being heard · The Peaceful Path

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On not being heard

Hi Everyone 👋

The last couple of days I've created posts on Loneliness and Anxiety, so today's post is continuing that theme with a post on Not Being Heard...

You speak. And it's like the room eats your words.

There's a specific kind of loneliness that isn't about being alone.

It's being in a group. Maybe even people you like. And you say something. A real thing. A thing that took courage to say.

And nobody hears it. Or they glance at you and then keep talking over you. Or someone else says the exact same thing two minutes later, and everyone nods like it's brilliant.

And you just… shrink in total disbelief 🤬

So you stop offering.

You tell yourself they don't care what I think anyway.

You start rehearsing conversations in your head before you have them, trying to find the magic combination of words that will finally make people listen.

I've been there.

Still go there sometimes.

Here's what I've learned, slowly, painfully.....

Not being heard doesn't mean you have nothing to say. It usually means you're in the wrong room. Or the wrong season. Or you're surrounded by people who are too full of themselves to notice anyone else.

That doesn't fix the hurt. But it shifts it off your shoulders a little.

If you've felt invisible this week, drop a comment below. Let's be unseen together for a minute.🙌

With Love ❤️

Always

Mark

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