Re: how to come out of the closet to your family
when i have to break big news to my family, i usually am really freaking anxious in advance. just thinking about it will make me start losing my breath and cause my heart to start racing out of control.
my philosophy is that if i feel like that, my body is telling me it's not ready. so i wait till a moment (which will inevitably come) when it seems right. usually i'll have shared a close moment with them right beforehand, and right then whatever the news is just sort of flows out naturally, minus anything resembling a panic attack.
one time for example, i had just prayed salat with my mom. it was right after salat, and we were just sort of sprawled out around the prayer rug being lazy, and then what i'd been fearfully anticipating telling her for the last 4 months came out easily.
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