21/10/2024
Does fear of abandonment ruin your relationships?
Is the fear of loss, ruining your chances of love?
Then you might want to read this..
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The road back from abandonment.
The journey
Do you have abandonment issues?
Do you have fears that arise in you and roar in your chest, like a pride of lions, when you perceive that someone you love is going to leave?
I do, I did. I have…experienced this; for years.
I have lived with fear. It has become familiar like a best friend, but without the pros - the benefits - but with many lessons, that have the opportunity to become blessings.
A month ago my partner of almost five months was taking a pre-organised trip up the coast with some friends. Up until this point in our relationship, my fears of abandonment had been unseen. But I knew deep down, that they were just hovering, waiting to step out of the shadows and into the limelight, where they would once again do their fandango. Take centre stage and threaten to sabotage my love life.
Some say that you must heal fully before you enter into a relationship when you have a fear of being left. I disagree.
I believe if you have enough awareness, a relationship is the perfect place to air your issues. Bring them out into the open and let them breathe, be seen and heard.
I have heard the words "I am alright on my own" uttered too many times. And people are 'Alright on their own' of course they are.
Because there is no one to leave, potentially. No one to trigger those anxious thoughts and emotions. Just people, poddling along with their stuff that needs to be dealt with bubbling away like a witches cauldron of toxicity, waiting to spill over and poison the whole damn thing.
I was alright on my own too, and I am now. Because when my partner left for a few days with his friends. I didn't push down the terrors that my inner child was experiencing. I didn't entertain the thoughts of sitting back in my place, alone. As I have done in previous times.
No, instead I asked the little girl who was screaming with fear, what she needed from me. Instead of creating a scene and jumping on the stage of life, to make a drama unfold in my relationship.
And I told her also, that the answer to our peace, was not to be found in him, my love. Although he brings us a lot of it, in day-to-day life.
After a while, she replied with such clarity "I want to go to the woods, where we walk."
"Just you and I."
"I want you to take me there, and I want you to see how happy you can make me."
"I want you to do this and feel how powerful you are, in our life."
"How you can always feel good and loved."
"Always feel safe and stable. And enough."
So we did.
We jumped in the car and we went on a short journey to the woods.
Once there I felt my heart begin to lift and a spring return to my step as we begin to walk.
And then I saw her, me. As a child.
And I felt her hand in mine.
She skipped as we walked and it melted my heart, but at the same time, I felt strong. I felt good. I felt happy.
My mind and my body had returned to me and joined my soul once again. I no longer felt detached from my authenticity and higher self. There was no fear.
I felt like I had pushed aside a heavy boulder that had been lying on my chest. Restricting my breathing and making me sweat, with all the effort of carrying it.
I felt free, I felt like me.
At one point, as I gazed upon my younger self, a giggle rose inside me. And I found myself smiling at the happiness I was not only witnessing. But experiencing deep within.
I had let go, I had reconnected. And it felt wonderful. My focus was no longer directed to finding relief from the outside world. Because I had found it in me.
There's so much magic to be found in releasing what you are holding onto so tightly. So much healing in letting go. And sometimes a surprising turn of events, in taking your eyes off the goal and needing it.
Within 20 minutes of skipping in the forest with my mini-me, feeling the joy of being free from the trauma of my past. My partner called to say, he was coming home a day early.
And the strangeness of it all, was although I was happy to hear he was coming back. I no longer needed him to. Because the little girl within me, was quite contented and satisfied just being with me.
Change your energy, change your life - Nicola Farnhill
We are still together, him and me. But also her and me. We always will be. I will never leave her again. I promised her that and I always keep my promises.
We sometimes feel the fear, and the possibility of loss, of losing. But we no longer turn away from it. We just take a walk or sit silently. So she can remind me of what I can give her. Of what she needs…from me.
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After living with abandonment wounds for a lifetime, over 50 years. And helping others overcome theirs. I would love to tell people that trauma can be fully overcome, like the death of a loved one. But I believe if I did that I would be telling a lie. Instead, I would like to say, that it can be integrated, soothed, and managed, well.
That you can live alongside the pains of the past and learn to alchemize them into things that feel more like your destiny. Such as your purpose and reason for being.
Thank you for reading me today. For your kindness, when sharing my vulnerability. And walking alongside me and mini me, on our journey to share our findings.
With much love
Nic xx
www.connectedtoself.com
Begin your journey here by grabbing one of my courses- ---
The road back from abandonment.
The journey
Do you have abandonment issues?
Do you have fears that arise in you and roar in your chest, like a pride of lions, when you perceive that someone you love is going to leave?
I do, I did. I have…experienced this; for years.
I have lived with fear. It has become familiar like a best friend, but without the pros - the benefits - but with many lessons, that have the opportunity to become blessings.
A month ago my partner of almost five months was taking a pre-organised trip up the coast with some friends. Up until this point in our relationship, my fears of abandonment had been unseen. But I knew deep down, that they were just hovering, waiting to step out of the shadows and into the limelight, where they would once again do their fandango. Take centre stage and threaten to sabotage my love life.
Some say that you must heal fully before you enter into a relationship when you have a fear of being left. I disagree. I believe if you have enough awareness, a relationship is the perfect place to air your issues. Bring them out into the open and let them breathe, be seen and heard.
I have heard the words "I am alright on my own" uttered too many times. And people are 'Alright on their own' of course they are. Because there is no one to leave, potentially. No one to trigger those anxious thoughts and emotions. Just people, poddling along with their stuff that needs to be dealt with bubbling away like a witches cauldron of toxicity, waiting to spill over and poison the whole damn thing.
I was alright on my own too, and I am now. Because when my partner left for a few days with his friends. I didn't push down the terrors that my inner child was experiencing. I didn't entertain the thoughts of sitting back in my place, alone. As I have done in previous times.
No, instead I asked the little girl who was screaming with fear, what she needed from me. Instead of creating a scene and jumping on the stage of life, to make a drama unfold in my relationship.
And I told her also, that the answer to our peace, was not to be found in him, my love. Although he brings us a lot of it, in day-to-day life.
After a while, she replied with such clarity "I want to go to the woods, where we walk."
"Just you and I."
"I want you to take me there, and I want you to see how happy you can make me."
"I want you to do this and feel how powerful you are, in our life."
"How you can always feel good and loved."
"Always feel safe and stable. And enough."
So we did.
We jumped in the car and we went on a short journey to the woods.
Once there I felt my heart begin to lift and a spring return to my step as we begin to walk.
And then I saw her, me. As a child.
And I felt her hand in mine.
She skipped as we walked and it melted my heart, but at the same time, I felt strong. I felt good. I felt happy.
My mind and my body had returned to me and joined my soul once again. I no longer felt detached from my authenticity and higher self. There was no fear.
I felt like I had pushed aside a heavy boulder that had been lying on my chest. Restricting my breathing and making me sweat, with all the effort of carrying it.
I felt free, I felt like me.
At one point, as I gazed upon my younger self, a giggle rose inside me. And I found myself smiling at the happiness I was not only witnessing. But experiencing deep within.
I had let go, I had reconnected. And it felt wonderful. My focus was no longer directed to finding relief from the outside world. Because I had found it in me.
There's so much magic to be found in releasing what you are holding onto so tightly. So much healing in letting go. And sometimes a surprising turn of events, in taking your eyes off the goal and needing it.
Within 20 minutes of skipping in the forest with my mini-me, feeling the joy of being free from the trauma of my past. My partner called to say, he was coming home a day early.
And the strangeness of it all, was although I was happy to hear he was coming back. I no longer needed him to. Because the little girl within me, was quite contented and satisfied just being with me.
Change your energy, change your life - Nicola Farnhill
We are still together, him and me. But also her and me. We always will be. I will never leave her again. I promised her that and I always keep my promises.
We sometimes feel the fear, and the possibility of loss, of losing. But we no longer turn away from it. We just take a walk or sit silently. So she can remind me of what I can give her. Of what she needs…from me.
---
After living with abandonment wounds for a lifetime, over 50 years. And helping others overcome theirs. I would love to tell people that trauma can be fully overcome, like the death of a loved one. But I believe if I did that I would be telling a lie. Instead, I would like to say, that it can be integrated, soothed, and managed, well.
That you can live alongside the pains of the past and learn to alchemize them into things that feel more like your destiny. Such as your purpose and reason for being.
Thank you for reading me today. For your kindness, when sharing my vulnerability. And walking alongside me and mini me, on our journey to share our findings.
With much love
Nic xx
www.connectedtoself.com
Begin your journey here by grabbing one of my courses- https://app.gumroad.com/products