"Another life" by Annalogue75 © Original 2023 via Creative Fabrica Spark™
There is the reality we live in and then there is the reality we dream of. But which one do we create, do we long for, and why?
I tend to keep my dreams and aspirations to myself, believe it or not. I share some things with people I know and a little with people in general, but most of my goals, dreams, and visions I don't talk about. It isn't always about choice, though many times I would like to share with someone but hold myself back because I am unsure how it will be recieved and interpreted. For the most part I choose to keep it quietly inside - for me that's the best way to go.
Have you thought about what you do with your dreams and why?
Trauma can be a roadblock in visualization of a future, I have learned that the hard way this past year. Where I previously had at least some idea of what I wanted, dreamt of, or aimed for I quite suddenly had absolutely no visions at all. I talked about that in a previous blog, how everything was just grey. Though the colors returned my visions of a future hasn't. I am still without goals, aspirations, and dreams - it's quite surreal and it is accompanied by many tears and feelings of hopelessness.
But as I learn more about the complexity of ADHD, cPTSD, depression, anxiety and how they interact with each other and effect life specifically and generally, I also feel hope that I will get my goals and dreams back again, I just need to be patient.
"Said, woman, take it slowIt'll work itself out fineAll we need is just a little patienceSaid, sugar, make it slowAnd we'll come together fineAll we need is just a little patience"
— Guns N' Roses¹ —
Read more about trauma and imagining the future here.
It is said that the reality we live in is the one we create for ourselves. If that's true, isn't it strange that we don't automatically generate the lives of our dreams? Or is it so that we can create only so much of our dreams, as they also have to fit in and interact with everyone else's dreams and visions? I have questions...
I think that many times it's the fear of the unknown that stops us from realizing our dreams and reach our goals. Fear of what we will have left, fear of the consequences, and fear of what we can't accomplish.
Fear shouldn't stop us, but it's a very human feeling and also a raw survival mechanism, protecting us from going all cray cray with our egocentric wants and wishes.
Perhaps it's even the best option to not being able to fully and completely unaltered get our own goals realized, wishes granted, and dreams fulfilled. Imagine how boring life would be without something to aim for, I know how that feels and I can confirm how empty life gets.
So dream on, my friends. Set those goals, find the inspiration to achieve your aspirations. Make what you can reality and let the rest be the base of new visions and future prospects.
/Annalogue75
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¹) "Patience"
Album: G N' R Lies
Artist: Guns N' Roses
Released: 1988
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Steven Adler / Izzy Stradlin / W. Axl Rose / Duff Rose Mckagan / Saul Hudson
Patience lyrics © Guns N' Roses Music, Black Frog Music
