Apparently it isn't easy
03/26/2007 06:54 p.m.
I guess I didn't count on the fact that three years after my last relationship ended, the difficulties I faced would be around to haunt me. Although I've toyed with dating, this is the first real relationship I've been in since the marriage, and when there is even a HINT of a dispute, I just want to literally run away and protect myself...even though the situations are completely different. I have this over-exaggerated response, and it feels ridiculous at the time, but it's awful. I actually started shaking and quivering, and I couldn't track what he was saying. It's the most unexpected thing happening inside of me. I would NEVER have thought that what I experienced was THAT traumatic. I'm not quite sure what to do about it.
I am currently Bothered
I am listening to the ticking of the time clock at work