Wear your heart on your sleeve

[rachelheath]

The subject that currently occupies the majority of my head space is my relationship with Andy. I'm having a bit of a dilemma about how much to write about it in this public forum. I'm a little afraid of compromising his privacy or telling the world things he might not want public. I'm also afraid that he'll be hurt if I write something that he'

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[escaped_driving]

Hello!
Just saying hello, and I'm glad you are writing here again, especially if it helps you sort stuff out.
I like your list - my brain would probably concentrate on all the negative ones and CONVENIENTLY skim over the positive ones. Why? Why does brain have such a hard time believing the nice things? Stupid brain.
In other news, we might be over your way in the Summer - we should like it very much to share time, space, food and beverages with you (my stupid brain typed 'beerages' - I guess they'll be ok too)

Hope you feel better!

[rachelheath]

This is exciting! Please do come! If you want to stay in the east bay (about 15 miles from San Francisco, easy subway access), I have a leetle guest room available to you, with a bed big enough for two people who really like each other.

My psychologist recently gave me a handout recently about why, evolution-wise, we're inclined to focus on the negative and not remember the positive as much. Something about how our ancestors had to be hyper-vigilant about potential threats to survive. It takes a lot of work to focus on the positive!