The petting zoo of weaknesses

 Overthink and analyze everything, Pure clarity paralysis
 Chase shadows and projections, mistaking them for reality

You let waves of desire smash you
 longing control your mind along the way
 instead of directing them

Romanticize your past
 and your own potential
 instead of acting in the present

You carry shame
 fear, and self-doubt under layers
 of clever phrasing.

You retreat into internal dramas
 instead of facing life boldly and directly.


You replay what-ifs endlessly
letting them dictate your energy.

You mix moral heroism
 with vanity
confusing doing good
with needing validation

Shrink from confrontation
even when it would clear the air
You have childlike needs
longings dominate your adult self

You hide behind fantasies
 and exercises
 using them as crutches
You worry excessively about perception
reputation, and “rightness,” instead of presence.

You romanticize struggle and suffering
 turning pain into theater instead of clarity