Remember This When You're Sad: A book for mad, sad and glad days (*from someone who's right there)

by Maggy van Eijk

It’s this part of a relationship I find super hard to navigate because I’m such an ALL OR NOTHING person. If I’m arguing with someone, even if it’s just a little quibble, in my head we are shouting at each other and we might as well just break up because this is so awful see you later bye! I’m so quick to write things off and it’s not because I want to, it’s because deep down there’s a distinct feeling that I don’t deserve to be loved. It sounds super dramatic and emo but if there’s a thing about me that someone wanting to be my partner should know it’s that. It’s where all my weird behaviours stem from. I genuinely feel that there’s something so inherently off about me that anyone who says they love me must be full of absolute shit, or worse: I’ve tricked them.