"I'm OK" isn't always the right words

Recently I have been hearing the words “I’m OK” without really knowing that the person that is saying that is totally being honest with those words. I’m OK can basically be telling people around you to just don’t bother to care about your feelings or emotions but that isn’t going to happen.

If people around, you care enough to understand that what you are saying or trying to say is I need a little bit of time to take of things myself is one thing. But saying I’m OK and trying to hide from everything else isn’t a good thing. The simple words can have so many different meanings and we must accept that those around us are going to accept those simple words different ways.

I know that I have used those words when I have wanted to hide from the world and just deal with my emotions alone, but I have also found that isn’t always the best because trying to do it along can be a big challenge and without others around you doesn’t help you deal with what you are going through. Knowing when it is the right time to use those words can make a big difference because you might just need an hour or two to deal with things yourself and then you are ready to deal with talking about things with others.

Being able to accept that others are willing to be there and help you when things aren’t going the way that you wanted or expected is important. Those people can make a big difference in how you manage the challenge. I know that I kept telling everyone that I was OK, but I was just trying to hide behind an emotion which wasn’t the best things. Most of the team that I had been dealing with during that time knew what I was really going through and me saying “I’m OK’ was just a way to tell the rest of the world that I needed time. The team stood by me and they accepted that those words were just a way of me saying that I am going to need some time in the future but right now I am doing to be there for my team.

To this day I will always remember the team members that stood by me during a difficult time and accept that I needed the time and space to deal with things and I will always thank them for that.