Life has patterns
The comings and goings of seasons
The rising and setting of the sun
The phases of the moon.
Individual lives have patterns too.
Some have a cycle they can’t escape
A carousel of bad habits.
So stuck in this infinite loop that they don’t realize they’re even there.
Try to change and it sucks you back in, very few able to cut the strings that hold them.
Even more get wrapped in the web even tighter than before, until they can no longer move, no longer see, no longer feel. The outside world is gone
All that’s left
Is a cocoon that they made for themselves filled with darkness and regrets, anger and blame that is put on those closest, there is no room left for anything but them.
Remember that this isn’t your fault. No matter what is said, you did not cause their “habit” and you are not responsible for it either.
~A
Ink & Embers 
Wow I love this I totally get it
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I, too, feel this one! I have been having OCD for as long as I can remember and this how it feels.
And the very last line/advice is what keep telling my other half. It is never his fault, but he does forget sometimes that all he actually needs to do is leave me on my own for a bit until I calmed down.
And then I am happy to listen to his feelings 🙂
But yeah, it’s tough for both parties.
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