To help with my healing, I just have to separate myself from the world. It's like, divesting, detaching and ultimately, dissociating from the beauty standards, worship of capitalism and money, social media, media-media, Hollywood entertainment, and even more specific things like award shows (I been stopped watching those), and basically, many other things in which, I won't name everything because it's kinda extreme and some of it may only be temporary but it's what I gotta do for now
It's not only been helpful but downright completely necessary
Separating myself from the world absolutely does not include activities that I love! Gardening, photography, being out in nature, art, going to the movies, going special places with my family, going to special city events/plays/musicals, holiday fun, bird watching, watching my favorite very old sitcoms etc. Those are activities I actively engage in.ย
When I say divest from the world I am talking about the consumption of, well, all these social, entertainment, capitalistic and even religious entities that the world hypnotizes our minds with. And it does so brilliantly, might I add.ย
I honestly do not miss anything that I have divested from. It's not like something that happens overnight. It can be a struggle sometimes, but it's actually very cleansing when I get whatever particular harmful facet of society out my mind and life
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[Update March 2026]
Instead of the word "divesting" I prefer to say BOUNDARIES!!!
Yeah!
'Divesting from the world' was absolutely the best terminology for me at the time, the years of my immense pain.
Now that I've been doing great healing, I don't feel like I'm at the mercy of the world, and that the world has all that power over me.
I'm in control now. I'm safe now. My nervous system is calmer now.
And wording it as "I put up boundaries against the world" gives me back my power!
My boundaries on my terms.
HALO!
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