The past week (well, really, the last several years) has been a nightmare in the news. This past Friday especially I struggled a lot with despair and hopelessness. I can’t even begin to express the special kind of pain that comes with knowing the government and a large swath of this country hates people like me (really, anyone who isn’t an old cishet white man) so much that they would continue to strip away any and all rights and protections, while I have to continue surviving each day.
People wiser than I have undoubtedly realized this earlier in life, but I’ve only recently begun to embrace negative emotions and deal with with them directly, instead of stuffing them deep down.
Jake: You’re repressing the memory, dude. You’re hiding whatever she is in a mental vault.
Finn: Oh yeah, the vault. That’s where the stuff I can’t handle goes.
Allowing myself to feel my feelings (UGH, I know) helps me get through to the other side a little faster. After all, all emotions are temporary–and once I get through them, I come out more able to do something about the things I want to change.
So today, wallow in “Good News” by Something Corporate, a pop-punk band that originated in–of all places–Orange County, CA. And later, emerge on the other side of the bad feelings with me so we can move toward better things together.
Riffs on the Reg 