I need space sometimes
I am overwhelmed, I'm not ashamed of it and I won't apologize for it. I need space, and when I need it I take it. Taking space and time to be alone, to be an antisocial moody artist is half of who I am, half of who I've always been. Needing space to retreat into the peace and quiet of my home is what keeps me healthy emotionally, it recharges me mentally and artistically. I'm a deep feeler, I'm full of huge emotions and when it comes to others I am a sponge. Sometimes empathy is exhausting, and sometimes conversation is taxing, sometimes even my kids are quiet with me because it's just always been part of me, one of my needs, I require quiet. Right now to most of the outside world that will look like me being antisocial, it will manifest as unreturned phone calls, unanswered messages, and most likely silence. I'm not sorry, but I do want you to understand it isn't you, it's me. It's that my body feels like it could break at any given moment, it...