A Practice, Nothing Like Therapy
How I Calmed The Noise In My Head
I didn’t really know what I was walking into. I just knew I’d been running on empty for a long time. Work, noise, people — even when I was alone, my head wouldn’t shut up.
This wasn’t therapy or anything like that. There wasn’t a plan or a goal. We talked a bit, then didn’t.
It felt weird at first — sitting quiet with another bloke, no phone, no clothes, no reason to fill the space.
But after a while, the weirdness dropped away. I started to feel… steady, I guess. Like I’d been holding my breath for years and finally let it out.
There was no big moment or breakthrough. Just a kind of ease I’d forgotten was possible. No one judging, no one expecting anything. Just being there, human to human.
I walked out lighter than I walked in. Nothing “fixed,” just clearer.
It’s hard to explain, but for the first time in ages, I felt like myself again.
