Three weeks after weâve broken up, Iâve unconsciously gotten myself into a self-destructive hole.
Drank,
Smoked,
Flirted with numerous men.
Iâve let toxicity consume and use me â just so that I could feel less useless.
I was constantly looking for a distraction, constantly looking for validation.
I seeked peopleâs attention â finally batting an eyelash towards guys â something that Iâve never imagined myself doing. Theyâve claimed that they like me, looking at me with sheer interest, eyes lingering longer than what I consider is comfortable but for once, I let them be, I let them stare and take me in to their buildings of desire.
I let them use me and I loved the attention given to me. I loved that theyâd bombard my inbox from eleven pm to three in the morning, just until they get tired and theyâd get knocked up for sleep. It was absolute bliss for me until I had to wake up the next morning, feeling worn-out, used, and numb all at the same time.
Itâs the morning, Iâd have to start all over again.
My actions would usually slap me like a subtle whirlwind at nine thirty in the morning when I go out in the balcony, closing the door behind me and sitting down on the small, white, plastic chair that Iâve dragged in there for whenever Iâd wish to just pick myself back up with a stick of cigarette lazily tucked between my index and middle finger, my neon green lighter kept inside my jacketâs pocket.
Iâve built up this façade that Iâm completely fine, telling my friends about my whereabouts the past few weeks, telling them about my new encounters with these new people, how Iâd let these people drag me anywhere, agreeing to let them spend the night with me. Iâd laugh as I tell these tales while they silently question what has been happening to me lately. I know that deep down, they think that I havenât gotten over my past lover, that Iâve been acting so different lately as a coping mechanism.
Honestly, Iâm over my past lovers and Iâm in the process of moving on. I may have been destroying myself, tearing myself piece per piece just so that I could find that small sense that may be lying somewhere in me but truth is, I just want to start a new.
Today marks the day that I promise myself to cope differently. Iâve decided that I wouldnât let the guys use me anymore.
Iâd cope in a healthy way.
How?
Iâve yet to discover.