Everything can’t be my fault.

TaylorRuth
4 min readSep 18, 2022

I lost my dad but gained perspective.

Photo by Caleb Woods on Unsplash

There are some people who experience common life events and take lessons from them. Example:

  • Don’t date someone who makes fun of you.
  • Don’t eat strawberries with white fuzz on it.
  • Drink water or your urinary tract and your bowels will call for revenge.

I would do this, but then I also would take it one step farther. These lessons weren’t just a part of being a human. No, not for me.

For me experiencing anything emotionally or physically uncomfortable was a sign that I needed to radically improve myself. Had there not been something wrong with me, the situation would not have occurred.

I also take it further. When people in different states or countries are murdered — I feel guilty. When I see homeless people on the street or know that anyone on the planet is struggling in anyway — I am responsible.

It’s exhausting to be the fault of all things that cause discomfort, and I really never questioned it. It’s been my truth for the majority of my life, until my Daddy died last year.

They say I killed my Dad.

My father was the absolute best. Prior to 2013 he was just your run of the mill functioning alcoholic who…

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