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have you been climbing bullshit mountain?

have you been climbing bullshit mountain?

some kind words of advice for those past the peak

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Jim Dalling
Mar 24, 2023
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I know.

You’re not there yet.

And?

You’ve passed the peak.

It’s no wonder you feel exhausted.

What you’ve been going through? That’s a lot.

So much.

You’ve done so well keeping it together.

You’re a bit of a miracle really.

I mean, if you've been going through shit, tumultuous shit, earth shattering shit, loss of people in your life, threats, whatever, whatever kind of shit you been wading through. It’s been icky stinky and painful.

When a deer gets shot, it can run for a couple of hundred yards on adrenaline alone. That’s a deer shot straight through the heart.

You’ve been shot through the heart bud.

You made it through the worst of things.

The adrenaline will run out.

You’re going to need to collapse.

I’m imagining that you’re beginning to feel the quakes and prickles of it right now.

A bit of panic?

Some anxiety creeping back into your life?

Damn right it is!

Three months ago, there wasn’t any room for that sort of stuff. You were in merely trying to survive. A panic attack or break down was a lu…

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