A parasitic life
I don’t have a life of my own. But when I live with someone, I feel that I can at least partially participate in theirs, like I’m getting involved in it in a way. Every time they come home, it’s like I wake up again and can share their vivacity. It resembles living. In that sense, I feel like a parasite.
When I’m with someone, I can give an impression of having my own life and having meaning to my own existence. When I’m alone, I don’t really have anything. I don’t have wishes, goals, needs, interests. I don’t experience emotions rather than anxiety, shame and deep sadness (sometimes rage). I don’t have a personality. I.. I don’t really have a day — this whole thing feels extra-temporal. It’s like existing eternally in a negative space until someone comes and takes you out of there for a few hours. Maybe that’s why I’m always in a relationship.