"Hey night owls. It’s after midnight and you’re listening to Talking After Midnight. I’m Freya your hostess for the evening but you already know that.
Tonight we’re talking about something a lot of people do but not a lot of people admit to. Avoidance.
Not the obvious kind. Not quitting your job and moving across the country. I’m talking about the quiet avoidance. The kind where you stay busy so you don’t have to have a hard conversation. The kind where you scroll instead of saying what’s wrong. The kind where you say I’m just tired when what you really mean is I don’t know how to fix this and I’m scared if we talk about it everything might change.
Avoidance is a coping mechanism. It gives us time. It gives us space. But it also keeps us parked just outside the life we’re supposed to be
