The problem with 'I'

Growing up in Australia, I hear a lot about the first person perspective, "I"... "me"... Recently and fortunately, there is a lot more emphasis on speaking up about mental health and being more emotionally self-aware/socially aware.

Too much of anything can have adverse effects. The same can be said about being overly introspective and thoughtful IN ONE SITTING. There are enough problems beyond one's lifetime and if left thinking and pondering about the problems, it is overwhelming and depressing. There are millions of things to think about in the past, and millions to think about in the future in relation to oneself.

Yes, we are our own narrators and yes, we are fundamentally the ones who will write/rewrite our lives. But to do this, we need clarity. We need to minimise unnecessary noise. We have to do it at a sustainable pace. Yes, you are important. Yes, you matter. But so do others, objects, everything in life. It's a fine balance to understand we all have a place, responsibility, a role in life.

I greatly appreciate how if you are truly in a state of trauma and the lowest pits of your life, the above would be too much. You may need to spend more time on yourself. Life is beautiful. Work on yourself so that you can eventually see how you can coexist in this beautiful universe. Hopefully, one day, we can say "I overestimated what I considered to be destroying me. It was more in my head than in reality. The negative emotions that arose from any connection to the incident/person were valid but were amplified. I'm only human."