United States • 24 y/o • FemaleReviews Received
You're right about the corrosive effects of guilt. There's a little more hope here than in some of your pieces, and that's good.
This is a plausible scenario and you evoke it with vivid detail.
So what you're saying is like the song by the Heavy Metal group Dio with the song, "Stand Up and Shout".
I like it
I like the message you have in this, "The art of self deflecting is dangerous and will swallow you whole if you don't grab a hold of it." That is a true line we should all know of.
Darkness is one of the strongest forces in the universe to make us lost, but light can peer through showing us some direction where we are going.
Again, with some music based stuff for how you bring up God in this writing, it reminds me of the song "Love Me" by a Christian Metal band, Holy Soldier, that hits the meaning home for me when these lyrics are brought in,
"I've died inside
Open my eyes
God, are You still there?
It's up to You
To see me through"
I'll also check out Passion.
Sorry that this comment is a little long.
Being self-critical is usually good, it spurs us on to do the best we can. The trouble is society and peer group pressure can set impossibly high expectations, and that can lead to mental health issues. Going too far one way or another is easy, but it isn't always easy to strike a balance between trying too hard and giving up.
I love this. It is so brave of you to finally say something, this is not a man's world. It is ours
As a man, this was hard for me to read. The thought that men think of women as sex-objects, lesser and weak just perplexes my mind. It doesn't make any sense. Everyone should treat everyone with respect and dignity whatever status may be given especially women because my belief/value is that men were created to protect and help women as the idea of Adam giving Eve his rib. I feel horrified for you that you believe and think that this is just how men are towards women. You writing this is one step closer to not only help yourself overcome this, but also for others out there that may feel or experience the same. Because the only way to overcome an obstacle is to make yourself stronger. Last to end with, know that there are men & women out there fighting the good fight for all people.
You're entitled to say we still don't have an ideal world without being stigmatised for it.