Day 31: “On Feeling Misunderstood”
Everyone hates feeling misunderstood
Why?
Why is it a collective experience?
An inkling of confusion
Sets off your temper
Annoyance and frustration
Seep into your tone
In a snap
A question
Becomes a curse
When I was young
Sitting at the family dinner table
Everyone would talk and talk and talk
And if could get a word in
No one was listening anyway
I felt unheard
Misunderstood
Undervalued
Unworthy
I guess I know why I hate feeling misunderstood
It takes me back to a feeling of not being listened to
Not worthy of being listened to
Not worthy of being understood
But that can’t be everyone’s experience
What’s yours?
Faking It Made 