I spent an hour on youtube playing a mix of songs and somehow it ended with Puscifer and it just makes me want to cry. In fact, I think I did cry. Why can't I enjoy music like that, like I used to so much. Before I had kids and this crazy life of mine, I seriously played music all of the time, and was always So into it. It sounds silly, but these days, when I interact with someone from that time in my life, they're always like, oh yea, every time I hear this band/song I think of you! And it makes me feel so great, but at the same time it is depressing because I am not that person anymore. I think I am way down on the inside, because I have moments like just earlier where I danced with headphones on, so into the beat and the vocals and just... the feeling of it all. It just makes me want to cry now, though. I can't help it. I don't know why I have changed so much. It's like having kids just makes that more sensible adult come alive, gotta make sure the house is clean, can't watch TV, can't listen to that music (it might damage my kids ears lol), can't do this, can't do that. That is all that plays in my head. It's funny because before I had kids, I remember thinking, man, my kids are going to grow up awesome because of how fucking awesome I am, lol. Not to sound completely narcissistic, but it's just that I was so in sync with myself (for at least 6 months) and then I had a child and the world changed. The world isn't so flexible and free as I once perceived it to be. I have two little ones to look after and I need to be more in tune with them than with myself... I want to be myself though, at the same time. I know this is a hard time, when they're young, and I believe that one day I will feel that crazy saneness again... lol... but truly, it's so far out of reach it seems... A lot of that has to do with this relationship, I'm sure... I feel controlled with every beating of my heart. I don't know why. I don't know how it can be. I hate to be blinded by something everyone seems to think is so obvious. I guess it's just unbelievable to me that the person I used to know, being myself, could ever be so tamed to this kind of life. I hope this doesn't sound as bad as I think it does. I know that I have to do things differently for my children's sake, but I just didn't know I'd have to change this much.
I had a dream last night about Christmas and how my mom was trying to humiliate me in front of the entire family (aunts, uncles, etc.) I couldn't handle it, and even though I was me now, and I had my kids, I felt like I was sixteen again. I felt extremely misunderstood. I used to get so much shit from my family for being so sensitive, and I still do. But not from my family anymore, from him. It's funny but it seems like the second I turned 18, my family stopped being so open about their thoughts about my life. Not including a few crazy fights between me and my dad and one sister. Which was that craziness for 6 months.
But now, even though I know they're still the same, my family, they seem so fake, because I know what they think of my "lifestyle" and I know they are keeping their mouths shut. I should be thankful, but it's so crazy how overnight things change. I never know if they really agree with my choices or if they even care. IN the dream, I got so fed up that I didn't care that I was about to prove them right about my sensitivity. She was trying to humiliate me, and I let her, and then I said, well fuck you all. I put my kids in the car and promised myself I would never spend Christmas with them again.
I don't even know what all of that means, but it felt so real that when I woke up, I could feel the anger. Even now, I feel it like it really happened... I suppose this new therapist of mine is going to get an earful in a couple of weeks.. but who knows... I may completely forget about this dream by then.. and what does this therapist care... I'm only paying her 40 dollars a session, what incentive does she have to truly care and help me. How many people are out there like me with petty issues and no health insurance... too fucking many to care...
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