#codependent
Holding space. The haven I had created for myself slowly withered away when I became entangled with you. I felt safe at first, but soon the vulnerability became overwhelming. I felt myself restructuring the walls around my heart. Stronger than they were before. Impenetrable. By the time I had noticed that my walls were back up and twice the size they used to be, I had fallen so far away from the person I thought I was. I don’t recognize the girl in the mirror staring back at me. The only time I feel comfortable is when I am completely alone. I become someone else when I am with other people. I love the person that I am when I am alone. I know what I want, I know what I like, I think I know who I am. As soon as another person is in the picture it’s like I forget who I am, and I mutate into these unrecognizable versions of myself. I don’t even know who I am when I’m with you. I hate who I become when I’m with you. It’s like all of the inner work I’ve done just disappears and I’m a wounded little girl again. I become a monster who can’t control their emotions, let alone feel them.
One of my obscure show recommendations: I Love Bekka & Lucy. It’s a dramedy about two codependent best friends in their early 30s, and it will have you in fucking stitches. It’s created and written by a black woman (Rachel Holder), led by two black women (Jessica Parker Kennedy, aka Max from Black Sails, and Tanisha Long). And it’s just a criminally underrated series. It won an emmy (Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series). And yeah, I mean, it’s truly obscure- there’s no fucking wiki page for it lol. Got an 8.3 on IMDb. You can find the show on YouTube.