<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[vietanh the psyche: Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me looking back on some slice of life]]></description><link>https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/s/reflections</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4jPO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0fdfe321-cc0e-4a31-a209-98215bd7665c_1280x1280.png</url><title>vietanh the psyche: Reflections</title><link>https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/s/reflections</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:43:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[vietanh the psyche]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[vietanhthepsyche@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[vietanhthepsyche@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[veilifian]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[veilifian]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[vietanhthepsyche@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[vietanhthepsyche@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[veilifian]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[một cột mốc đổi đời]]></title><description><![CDATA[b&#7855;t &#273;&#7847;u khi bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;]]></description><link>https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/p/mot-cot-moc-doi-doi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/p/mot-cot-moc-doi-doi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[veilifian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8pLP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F997efae9-d90e-4c85-9cad-38b0d1cc10bd_1456x1048.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>[</strong><em><strong>English version below</strong></em><strong>]</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>D&#7841;o n&#224;y m&#236;nh vi&#7871;t r&#7845;t nhi&#7873;u CV, c&#361;ng g&#7917;i r&#7845;t nhi&#7873;u email &#7913;ng tuy&#7875;n, t&#236;m ki&#7871;m m&#7897;t c&#417; h&#7897;i.</p><p>&#7902; &#273;&#243;, m&#236;nh b&#7855;t g&#7863;p b&#7843;n th&#226;n c&#7911;a nh&#7919;ng n&#259;m v&#7873; tr&#432;&#7899;c.</p><p>C&#243; ng&#432;&#7901;i th&#7845;y h&#236;nh m&#236;nh ch&#7909;p s&#225;u n&#259;m tr&#432;&#7899;c, n&#243;i l&#224; tr&#244;ng l&#250;c &#7845;y c&#242;n ch&#432;a v&#432;&#417;ng b&#7909;i tr&#7847;n.</p><p>T&#7921; nhi&#234;n, m&#236;nh tho&#225;ng suy t&#432; kh&#244;ng bi&#7871;t b&#7909;i b&#7863;m &#273;&#227; b&#225;m l&#7845;y m&#236;nh &#273;&#7871;n m&#7913;c n&#224;o r&#7891;i nh&#7881;.</p><p>Su&#7889;t m&#7845;y n&#259;m qua, c&#243; l&#250;c b&#7909;i cay x&#232; &#273;&#7871;n ch&#7843;y n&#432;&#7899;c m&#7855;t kh&#244;ng ng&#7915;ng.</p><p>C&#243; l&#250;c b&#7909;i &#273;&#7863;c d&#224;y u &#225;m c&#7843; l&#242;ng, che m&#7901; c&#7843; m&#7855;t, l&#224;m m&#236;nh ho&#7843;ng lo&#7841;n ch&#7859;ng bi&#7871;t &#273;i &#273;&#226;u v&#7873; &#273;&#226;u.</p><p>C&#243; l&#250;c b&#7909;i t&#7909; th&#224;nh t&#7843;ng n&#7863;ng nh&#432; n&#250;i &#273;&#232; n&#225;t t&#226;m h&#7891;n, ch&#7881; ch&#7915;a l&#7841;i c&#225;i x&#225;c h&#233;o hon ch&#7841;y ng&#432;&#7907;c xu&#244;i th&#224;nh ph&#7889;&#8230;</p><h2><strong>&#8220;Em mu&#7889;n mang &#273;i&#7873;u g&#236; v&#224;o ch&#432;&#417;ng m&#7899;i?&#8221;</strong></h2><p>&#272;&#226;y c&#361;ng l&#224; m&#7897;t c&#226;u h&#7887;i m&#236;nh nh&#7853;n &#273;&#432;&#7907;c trong bu&#7893;i g&#7863;p cu&#7889;i c&#249;ng v&#7899;i t&#226;m l&#253; gia.</p><p>L&#250;c &#273;&#243;, m&#236;nh kh&#244;ng tr&#7843; l&#7901;i &#273;&#432;&#7907;c. Ch&#7881; h&#7913;a h&#7865;n s&#7869; suy ngh&#297; th&#234;m. Nh&#432;ng c&#361;ng qu&#234;n lu&#244;n, kh&#244;ng ngh&#297; ng&#7907;i g&#236; t&#7899;i n&#7919;a. B&#7903;i l&#7869;, kho&#7843;ng th&#7901;i gian sau &#273;&#243;, m&#236;nh ph&#7843;i m&#250;a may v&#7899;i th&#7853;t nhi&#7873;u k&#7883;ch t&#237;nh n&#417;i l&#224;m vi&#7879;c, r&#7891;i ti&#7871;p t&#7909;c v&#249;i &#273;&#7847;u v&#224;o m&#7897;t m&#7909;c ti&#234;u l&#7899;n kh&#225;c, qu&#7857;n qu&#7841;i su&#7889;t g&#7847;n m&#7897;t n&#259;m tr&#7901;i.</p><p>Cho &#273;&#7871;n v&#224;i ng&#224;y g&#7847;n &#273;&#226;y, c&#226;u h&#7887;i &#7845;y xu&#7845;t hi&#7879;n tr&#7903; l&#7841;i v&#224; quan tr&#7885;ng l&#224; n&#243; &#273;i k&#232;m &#273;&#225;p &#225;n. M&#7897;t c&#225;ch r&#7845;t t&#7921; nhi&#234;n.</p><h2><strong>&#8220;Bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;&#8221;&#8230; t&#7915; m&#7897;t chi&#7873;u k&#237;ch kh&#225;c</strong></h2><p>Ch&#432;&#417;ng m&#7899;i n&#224;y, m&#236;nh mu&#7889;n b&#7855;t &#273;&#7847;u b&#7857;ng hai t&#7915; &#8220;bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;&#8221;.</p><p>Nh&#432;ng kh&#244;ng ph&#7843;i l&#224; &#8220;bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;&#8221; m&#224; m&#7885;i ng&#432;&#7901;i hay nghe &#273;&#226;u.</p><p>Kh&#244;ng ph&#7843;i c&#225;i bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911; trong l&#7901;i r&#259;n d&#7841;y v&#7873; l&#242;ng tham c&#7847;u. R&#7857;ng h&#227;y vui v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng g&#236; m&#236;nh &#273;ang c&#243;, h&#227;y t&#236;m s&#7921; &#273;&#7911; &#273;&#7847;y trong cu&#7897;c s&#7889;ng h&#7857;ng ng&#224;y, h&#227;y bi&#7871;t &#417;n&#8230;</p><p>M&#236;nh &#273;&#227; t&#7915;ng t&#7853;p ngh&#297; v&#224; l&#224;m theo nh&#432;ng ch&#7859;ng hi&#7879;u qu&#7843; m&#7845;y. Ch&#7855;c do n&#243; kh&#244;ng ph&#7843;i th&#7913; m&#236;nh ng&#7897; ra m&#224; ch&#7881; l&#224; ti&#7871;ng &#7891;n &#224;o b&#234;n ngo&#224;i m&#236;nh &#273;em v&#224;o l&#224;m c&#7911;a ri&#234;ng.</p><p>Ho&#7863;c c&#361;ng c&#243; th&#7875; do m&#236;nh kh&#244;ng b&#7887; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c tham c&#7847;u.</p><p>Th&#7871; n&#234;n, c&#225;i &#273;&#7911; c&#7911;a m&#236;nh l&#224;:</p><blockquote><p>Kh&#7893; &#273;au nh&#432; v&#7853;y l&#224; &#273;&#7911; r&#7891;i. <br>L&#224;m n&#7841;n nh&#226;n trong c&#226;u chuy&#7879;n cu&#7897;c &#273;&#7901;i m&#236;nh nh&#432; v&#7853;y l&#224; &#273;&#7911; r&#7891;i. <br>Ho&#224;i nghi, lo s&#7907;, &#273;&#7855;n &#273;o nh&#432; v&#7853;y l&#224; &#273;&#7911; r&#7891;i.<br>Tr&#225;ch m&#243;c, &#273;&#7893; l&#7895;i cho nh&#7919;ng t&#7893;n th&#432;&#417;ng trong qu&#225; kh&#7913; th&#7871; l&#224; &#273;&#7911; r&#7891;i.<br>S&#7889;ng nh&#7887; b&#233;, thu m&#236;nh v&#7853;y l&#224; &#273;&#7911; r&#7891;i&#8230;</p></blockquote><p>M&#236;nh ch&#7881; &#273;&#417;n thu&#7847;n th&#7855;c m&#7855;c r&#7857;ng n&#7871;u bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911; v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng &#273;i&#7873;u m&#236;nh c&#243; s&#7869; an vui v&#7853;y th&#236; t&#7841;i sao kh&#244;ng bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911; v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng kh&#7893; &#273;au v&#224; l&#259;n l&#7897;n &#273;&#7875; an vui?</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;T&#244;i ch&#7881; cho ph&#233;p b&#7843;n th&#226;n c&#7843;m th&#7845;y kh&#7893; &#273;au &#273;&#7871;n th&#7871; th&#244;i! &#272;&#7911; r&#7891;i!&#8221;.</strong></em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8pLP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F997efae9-d90e-4c85-9cad-38b0d1cc10bd_1456x1048.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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kh&#244;ng c&#242;n l&#224; th&#7913; nghi&#7879;p ch&#432;&#7899;ng ti&#7873;n ki&#7871;p, hi&#7879;n ki&#7871;p &#273;&#7893; tr&#234;n &#273;&#7847;u n&#7919;a. N&#243; l&#224; ch&#7845;t li&#7879;u, l&#224; t&#224;i nguy&#234;n, l&#224; &#273;&#7845;t &#273;&#7875; s&#7889;ng, tr&#432;&#7903;ng th&#224;nh v&#224; th&#7853;m ch&#237; n&#7903; r&#7897;.</p><p>Ch&#7859;ng ph&#7843;i c&#243; th&#7853;t nhi&#7873;u ng&#432;&#7901;i d&#249;ng ch&#237;nh nh&#7919;ng v&#7853;t l&#7897;n c&#7911;a b&#7843;n th&#226;n &#273;&#7875; ki&#7871;n t&#7841;o bao &#273;i&#7873;u l&#7899;n lao v&#224; &#273;&#7865;p &#273;&#7869; sao. N&#243; kh&#244;ng ch&#7881; d&#7915;ng l&#7841;i &#7903; c&#7913;u m&#236;nh, m&#224; c&#242;n c&#7913;u ng&#432;&#7901;i, c&#7913;u nh&#7919;ng th&#7871; h&#7879; t&#432;&#417;ng lai.</p><p>Gi&#7889;ng nh&#432; gia &#273;&#236;nh m&#236;nh mong tho&#225;t kh&#7887;i c&#225;i ngh&#232;o nh&#7919;ng n&#259;m h&#7853;u chi&#7871;n tranh c&#361;ng &#273;&#226;u ng&#7901; s&#7869; cho con ch&#225;u nh&#7919;ng ph&#432;&#7899;c ph&#7847;n c&#7911;a ng&#224;y h&#244;m nay. C&#243; th&#7875; l&#224; nh&#7887; v&#7899;i ng&#432;&#7901;i kh&#225;c, nh&#432;ng v&#7899;i m&#236;nh, th&#7871; l&#224; &#273;&#7911; l&#7899;n.</p><p>V&#7853;y n&#234;n, kho&#7843;nh kh&#7855;c &#8220;bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;&#8221; d&#249; &#273;&#7871;n trong t&#237;ch t&#7855;c ng&#7855;n ng&#7911;i nh&#432;ng c&#243; s&#7913;c m&#7841;nh c&#7911;a m&#7897;t cu&#7897;c c&#225;ch m&#7841;ng gi&#7843;i ph&#243;ng.</p><p>M&#7897;t c&#7897;t m&#7889;c &#273;&#7893;i &#273;&#7901;i.</p><p>L&#7847;n &#273;&#7847;u ti&#234;n trong cu&#7897;c &#273;&#7901;i, m&#236;nh c&#243; m&#7897;t ni&#7873;m tin m&#227;nh li&#7879;t v&#224;o quy&#7873;n c&#7911;a con ng&#432;&#7901;i, cho d&#249; ch&#7881; l&#224; m&#7897;t ph&#7847;n r&#7845;t r&#7845;t r&#7845;t nh&#7887; trong d&#242;ng ch&#7843;y v&#361; tr&#7909;. M&#236;nh v&#7851;n c&#243; quy&#7873;n gieo xu&#7889;ng nh&#7919;ng h&#7841;t gi&#7889;ng trong hi&#7879;n t&#7841;i b&#7857;ng t&#7845;t c&#7843; s&#7921; tr&#7885;n v&#7865;n v&#224; tr&#225;ch nhi&#7879;m.</p><p>M&#236;nh quy&#7871;t t&#226;m t&#7915; b&#7887; vai n&#7841;n nh&#226;n o&#225;n tr&#225;ch v&#236; sao &#273;&#7901;i kh&#244;ng cho m&#236;nh c&#225;i n&#224;y, c&#225;i kia, v&#236; sao b&#7845;t c&#244;ng, v&#236; sao tr&#7855;c tr&#7903;, v&#236; sao kh&#244;ng &#273;&#7911; &#273;&#7847;y t&#224;i nguy&#234;n nh&#432; ng&#432;&#7901;i kh&#225;c. V&#224; k&#7875; c&#7843; khi m&#236;nh th&#7921;c s&#7921; l&#224; n&#7841;n nh&#226;n &#273;i n&#7919;a, m&#236;nh c&#361;ng s&#7869; kh&#244;ng &#273;&#7889;i x&#7917; v&#7899;i b&#7843;n th&#226;n nh&#432; m&#7897;t n&#7841;n nh&#226;n.</p><p>V&#236; m&#236;nh ch&#7881; cho ph&#233;p c&#7843;m th&#7845;y kh&#7893; &#273;au &#273;&#7871;n th&#7871; th&#244;i. &#272;&#7911; r&#7891;i!</p><p>Nh&#432;ng bi&#7871;t &#273;&#226;u &#273;&#432;&#7907;c, c&#243; khi c&#7843;m nh&#7853;n &#8220;bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7911;&#8221; n&#224;y c&#361;ng ch&#7881; &#273;&#417;n thu&#7847;n l&#224; m&#7897;t trong v&#244; v&#224;n &#273;i&#7873;u v&#7889;n d&#297; s&#7869; x&#7843;y ra n&#417;i nh&#226;n duy&#234;n t&#7909; h&#7897;i, th&#236; sao?</p><p>Nh&#432; th&#7875; ph&#7843;i &#273;i &#273;&#7871;n t&#7853;n c&#249;ng, m&#7899;i c&#243; th&#7875; quay &#273;&#7847;u.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading. Subscribe &#7911;ng h&#7897; v&#224; theo d&#245;i c&#225;c b&#224;i vi&#7871;t m&#7899;i nhoaaaa</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p><strong>[English version]</strong></p><p><em>A small note: I used AI to help translate my thoughts from Vietnamese to English. I&#8217;m using this as a tool to bridge the language gap and improve my own English along the way. I hope the heart of my story still reaches you. Thank you for reading.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>A life-changing milestone</strong></h2><p><em>starts with knowing enough.</em></p><p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been writing a lot of CVs. I&#8217;ve sent out so many applications as well. Searching for an opportunity.</p><p>There I&#8217;ve met the version of myself from years ago.</p><p>Someone saw a photo of me from six years back and said I looked so &#8220;untouched by the dust of the world&#8221; then.</p><p>It made me pause for a moment, wondering just how much of that dust has settled on me by now.</p><p>There were moments when the dust was so sharp it made my eyes water uncontrollably.</p><p>There were times it grew so thick and dark that it clouded my heart and blurred my vision, leaving me panicked, not knowing where to go.</p><p>And there were times the dust hardened into blocks, heavy as mountains, crushing my soul, leaving behind only a withered body, running aimlessly through the city&#8230;</p><h3>&#8220;What do you want to bring into your next chapter?&#8221;</h3><p>This was a question my therapist asked during our final session.</p><p>At the time, I couldn&#8217;t answer. I promised to think about it, but then I just forgot. I didn&#8217;t give it another thought. For shortly after that, I had to deal with so much drama in my workplace, then buried myself in another massive goal, agonizing over it for nearly a year.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t until a few days ago that the question came back. And interestingly, this time, it brought an answer with it.</p><h3>&#8220;Knowing Enough&#8221; but from a different dimension</h3><p>I want to start this new chapter with two words: &#8220;Knowing enough.&#8221;</p><p>But it&#8217;s not the &#8220;knowing enough&#8221; you&#8217;re used to hearing.</p><p>It&#8217;s not the reminder for us to stop being greedy, the kind that says &#8220;be happy with what you have,&#8221; &#8220;find fulfillment in daily life,&#8221; or &#8220;be grateful.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;ve tried to think and act that way before, but it never really worked. Possibly because it wasn&#8217;t something I realized for myself; just outside noise I tried to claim as my own.</p><p>Or maybe, just because I couldn&#8217;t let go of my desires.</p><p>So, my version of &#8220;enough&#8221; is:</p><blockquote><p>That&#8217;s enough of the suffering.<br>That&#8217;s enough of Playing the victim in my own life story.<br>That&#8217;s enough of the doubt, the fear, the hesitation.<br>That&#8217;s enough of blaming and resentful attribution to past wounds.<br>That&#8217;s enough of living small and sacrificing my own light?</p></blockquote><p>I simply wondered: If knowing enough of what we have brings peace, then why not know enough of our suffering and struggle so we can finally move toward peace?</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;I only allow myself to feel this much pain. That&#8217;s enough!&#8221;</strong></em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2ipW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93928d7f-e475-4249-9c0f-4c3dcfa4d16d_1456x1048.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2ipW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93928d7f-e475-4249-9c0f-4c3dcfa4d16d_1456x1048.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2ipW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93928d7f-e475-4249-9c0f-4c3dcfa4d16d_1456x1048.heic 848w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">that&#8217;s enough!</figcaption></figure></div><h3>The raw material of victim mentality, responsibility, and wholeness</h3><p>I&#8217;m not denying the value of feeling pain or the &#8220;victim mindset.&#8221; Actually, I feel that at a certain level, they are quite fertile and nutritious.</p><p>In my eyes, pain is no longer some &#8220;karma&#8221; from a past or present life being poured onto my head. It is material. It&#8217;s a resource. It is the soil we need to live, to grow, and even to bloom.</p><p>Don&#8217;t so many people use their own struggles to create things that are so grand and beautiful? Not only do they save themselves, but save others, and even future generations.</p><p>Just like how my family&#8217;s struggle to escape post-war poverty eventually gave their children the blessings we have today. It might seem small to others, but to me, it&#8217;s big enough.</p><p>So, even though that moment of &#8220;knowing enough&#8221; only lasts a split second, it has the power of a liberation.</p><p>A true life-changing milestone.</p><p>For the first time, I have a fierce belief in human rights, even if it could be just a really tiny, tiny part of the cosmic flow. I still have the right to sow seeds in the present with total wholeness and responsibility.</p><p>I&#8217;ve decided to quit the role of that resentful victim: the one asking why life doesn&#8217;t give me this or that, why things are unfair, why it&#8217;s so difficult, or why I don&#8217;t have as many resources as everyone else. And even if I truly am a victim, I will no longer treat myself like one.</p><p>Because I only allow myself to feel that much pain. That&#8217;s enough.</p><p>But who knows? Maybe this feeling of &#8220;knowing enough&#8221; is just one of the infinite things meant to happen where right conditions come together.</p><p>Like having to walk to the very end of the road before you can finally turn around.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>may your eyes be opened. <a href="https://open.substack.com/users/136149230-veilifian?utm_source=mentions">veilifian</a></em></p></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading. Subscribe to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[đêm trước ngày tận cùng]]></title><description><![CDATA[m&#236;nh &#273;i g&#7863;p t&#226;m l&#253; gia]]></description><link>https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/p/dem-truoc-ngay-tan-cung</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/p/dem-truoc-ngay-tan-cung</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[veilifian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:09:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f35059d0-8b9d-4c6a-8d39-4ff88a872c44_1456x1048.png" length="0" 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M&#7897;t d&#7921; c&#7843;m m&#227;nh li&#7879;t v&#7873; &#273;&#7841;i k&#7871;t c&#7909;c. V&#224; tr&#432;&#7899;c khi m&#7885;i th&#7913; s&#7909;p &#273;&#7893;, m&#236;nh c&#7847;n ph&#7843;i t&#7921; tay vi&#7871;t &#273;o&#7841;n k&#7871;t. Ch&#7881; nh&#432; v&#7853;y, m&#7899;i c&#243; th&#7875; l&#7853;t sang ch&#432;&#417;ng ti&#7871;p theo v&#224; gieo xu&#7889;ng nh&#7919;ng d&#242;ng ch&#7919; &#273;&#7847;u ti&#234;n c&#7911;a h&#7841;t gi&#7889;ng &#432;&#7899;c nguy&#7879;n trong tr&#7867;o v&#224; tinh kh&#244;i.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;T&#244;i ngh&#297; ch&#432;&#417;ng m&#7899;i &#273;&#243; s&#7869; r&#7845;t c&#7847;n s&#7921; ch&#7911; &#273;&#7897;ng c&#7911;a em&#8221;.</em></p></blockquote><p>M&#236;nh kh&#244;ng nh&#7899; r&#245; l&#7855;m ph&#7843;n h&#7891;i c&#7911;a t&#226;m l&#253; gia l&#224; g&#236;. Nh&#432;ng &#273;&#7841;i kh&#225;i l&#224; s&#7869; ph&#7843;i ch&#7883;u tr&#225;ch nhi&#7879;m nhi&#7873;u h&#417;n. &#272;&#7897;c l&#7853;p h&#417;n. T&#7921; ch&#7911; h&#417;n.</p><p>Ki&#7875;u v&#7853;y&#8230;</p><h2>&#8220;c&#243; m&#7897;t kho&#7843;ng tr&#7889;ng r&#7895;ng trong em&#8230;&#8221;</h2><p>l&#224; c&#226;u tr&#7843; l&#7901;i c&#7911;a m&#236;nh trong bu&#7893;i g&#7863;p &#273;&#7847;u ti&#234;n v&#7899;i t&#226;m l&#253; gia, khi &#273;&#432;&#7907;c h&#7887;i v&#7873; v&#7845;n &#273;&#7873; c&#7911;a b&#7843;n th&#226;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic" width="356" height="512.728021978022" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:2097,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:356,&quot;bytes&quot;:1484847,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;An expressive, hand-painted vortex of cool tones and earthy textures, titled 'The Void,' creating a sense of depth and movement&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/i/181850946?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="An expressive, hand-painted vortex of cool tones and earthy textures, titled 'The Void,' creating a sense of depth and movement" title="An expressive, hand-painted vortex of cool tones and earthy textures, titled 'The Void,' creating a sense of depth and movement" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cKZR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2419b53-975a-40cf-8c20-76696009db08_2070x2982.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">the void</figcaption></figure></div><p>M&#236;nh &#273;&#227; s&#7889;ng v&#7899;i kho&#7843;ng tr&#7889;ng &#7845;y m&#7897;t th&#7901;i gian, tin t&#432;&#7903;ng r&#7857;ng b&#7843;n th&#226;n c&#243; th&#7875; m&#7897;t l&#7847;n n&#7919;a v&#432;&#7907;t qua, nh&#432; m&#7885;i l&#7847;n. Th&#7871; nh&#432;ng, l&#7847;n n&#224;y c&#243; g&#236; &#273;&#243; nghi&#234;m tr&#7885;ng h&#417;n. C&#7843;m gi&#225;c ch&#7871;t d&#7847;n ch&#7871;t m&#242;n l&#224;m m&#236;nh lo s&#7907;.</p><p>N&#243; l&#224; c&#7843;m gi&#225;c m&#224; m&#7895;i ng&#224;y th&#7913;c d&#7853;y nh&#236;n v&#224;o g&#432;&#417;ng, th&#7845;y m&#7897;t linh h&#7891;n h&#233;o hon t&#224;n &#250;a, m&#7897;t h&#7889; &#273;en v&#244; t&#7853;n &#273;ang x&#226;m th&#7921;c chi&#7871;m l&#297;nh t&#226;m tr&#237;. V&#224; d&#249; c&#243; l&#224;m g&#236; c&#361;ng &#273;&#7873;u v&#244; d&#7909;ng. N&#243; ng&#224;y c&#224;ng l&#7899;n, d&#432;&#7901;ng nh&#432; kh&#244;ng c&#225;ch n&#224;o ng&#259;n c&#7843;n.</p><blockquote><p><em>I see a void inside me. A black hole eating everything around it, growing bigger each day. There&#8217;s a huge emptiness within it. <br>I once wondered if I could travel to a completely new universe if I fully surrendered to the void. I&#8217;m not sure. I&#8217;m too scared.<br>The only thing I can feel right now is that it&#8217;s swallowing me, and there&#8217;s nothing I can do to stop it.<br>Helplessness.<br>I even questioned whether my faith, my belief in my religion, and my prayers are helpful as it seems like I&#8217;m about to collapse entirely.<br>I&#8217;m not sure. Everything is shaking, and I have no clue.<br>I feel so tired.<br>I can&#8217;t handle it anymore.</em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic" width="356" height="513.7060439560439" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2101,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:356,&quot;bytes&quot;:1442858,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;An expressive oil pastel drawing of a red human silhouette standing at the center of a vibrant, fiery explosion of red, yellow, orange, and purple strokes&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.vietanhthepsyche.com/i/181850946?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="An expressive oil pastel drawing of a red human silhouette standing at the center of a vibrant, fiery explosion of red, yellow, orange, and purple strokes" title="An expressive oil pastel drawing of a red human silhouette standing at the center of a vibrant, fiery explosion of red, yellow, orange, and purple strokes" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1hp9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a0562db-7f01-47c0-aa17-b720c455961c_2079x3000.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 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V&#236; th&#7853;t v&#244; l&#253; khi c&#7885;c c&#7857;n kh&#244;ng &#273;&#226;u v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng ng&#432;&#7901;i xung quanh. D&#249; c&#243; l&#7869; m&#236;nh &#273;&#227; c&#7885;c m&#224; kh&#244;ng nh&#7899;. Nh&#432;ng m&#236;nh th&#7921;c s&#7921; kh&#244;ng &#273;&#7911; s&#7913;c &#273;&#7875; quan t&#226;m &#273;&#7871;n chuy&#7879;n &#273;&#243; n&#7919;a. B&#7903;i l&#7869;, ch&#237;nh m&#236;nh c&#361;ng &#273;ang t&#236;m c&#225;ch ch&#7841;y kh&#7887;i &#273;&#225;m l&#7917;a &#7845;y.</p><p>Ch&#7881; c&#243; &#273;i&#7873;u h&#236;nh nh&#432; l&#7889;i tho&#225;t duy nh&#7845;t l&#224; c&#225;i h&#7889; s&#226;u ho&#7855;m &#273;en ng&#242;m kia. &#272;&#244;i l&#250;c, m&#236;nh g&#224;o l&#234;n&#8230;</p><h2>n&#7895; l&#7921;c &#273;&#7875; kh&#225;c &#273;i</h2><p>C&#225;ch duy nh&#7845;t &#273;&#7875; m&#7885;i th&#7913; thay &#273;&#7893;i l&#224; m&#236;nh suy ngh&#297; kh&#225;c &#273;i, c&#7843;m nh&#7853;n kh&#225;c &#273;i, tin t&#432;&#7903;ng kh&#225;c &#273;i v&#224; h&#224;nh &#273;&#7897;ng kh&#225;c &#273;i. Th&#7871; nh&#432;ng, trong c&#7843;nh c&#249;ng &#273;&#432;&#7901;ng tuy&#7879;t l&#7897;, m&#236;nh kh&#244;ng th&#7875; &#225;m th&#7883; b&#7843;n th&#226;n &#273;&#7875; tin v&#224; c&#7843;m kh&#225;c &#273;i &#273;&#432;&#7907;c.</p><p>M&#236;nh c&#361;ng ch&#7859;ng tin v&#224;o s&#7921; gi&#7843; t&#7841;o &#7845;y. M&#236;nh kh&#244;ng tin r&#7857;ng n&#7897;i t&#226;m c&#243; th&#7875; b&#7883; d&#7889;i l&#7915;a ki&#7875;u nh&#432; v&#7853;y. N&#243; c&#243; th&#7875; b&#7883; &#225;p ch&#7871;, b&#7883; ph&#249; ph&#233;p, b&#7883; th&#244;i mi&#234;n nh&#432;ng n&#243; v&#7851;n &#7903; &#273;&#243; ch&#7901; &#273;&#7907;i th&#7901;i c&#417; &#273;&#7875; xu&#7845;t hi&#7879;n tr&#7903; l&#7841;i.</p><p>V&#236; v&#7853;y, m&#236;nh ki&#234;n &#273;&#7883;nh thay &#273;&#7893;i h&#224;nh &#273;&#7897;ng, l&#224;m t&#7845;t c&#7843; nh&#7919;ng g&#236; c&#243; th&#7875; l&#224;m &#273;&#7875; c&#7913;u l&#7845;y ch&#237;nh m&#236;nh.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic" width="1456" height="1095" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1095,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1412058,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A two-page expressive painting of a turbulent sea and sky. 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On the left, a bright yellow crescent-like shape swirls in the sky; on the right, a small red boat with orange masts struggles against the dark, heavy waves" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7aG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b14c2f4-bf4c-4d92-aff2-e054540999c1_3000x2257.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">navigate through life</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>M&#236;nh t&#7853;p l&#7841;i g&#7847;n con ng&#432;&#7901;i.</strong></p><p>Thay v&#236; tan bi&#7871;n kh&#7887;i cu&#7897;c &#273;&#7901;i, m&#236;nh l&#7921;a ch&#7885;n c&#243; m&#7863;t v&#224; chia s&#7867;. M&#236;nh th&#7917; t&#226;m s&#7921; v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng ng&#432;&#7901;i b&#7841;n m&#236;nh tin t&#432;&#7903;ng v&#224; y&#234;u qu&#253; nh&#7845;t, ch&#7845;p nh&#7853;n vi&#7879;c ph&#417;i b&#224;y ra s&#7921; y&#7871;u &#273;u&#7889;i v&#224; d&#7877; b&#7883; t&#7893;n th&#432;&#417;ng tr&#432;&#7899;c m&#7863;t ng&#432;&#7901;i kh&#225;c.</p><p><strong>M&#236;nh quy&#7871;t &#273;&#7883;nh &#273;i g&#7863;p t&#226;m l&#253; gia.</strong></p><p>Thay v&#236; g&#7891;ng l&#234;n xoay s&#7903; m&#7885;i th&#7913;, m&#236;nh cho ph&#233;p b&#7843;n th&#226;n &#273;&#432;&#7907;c t&#236;m ki&#7871;m s&#7921; tr&#7907; gi&#250;p. M&#236;nh cho ph&#233;p m&#7897;t ai &#273;&#243; xa l&#7841; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c l&#7855;ng nghe nh&#7919;ng suy t&#432; &#273;i&#234;n kh&#249;ng, nh&#7919;ng c&#7843;m x&#250;c k&#236; l&#7841; v&#224; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c th&#7845;y m&#236;nh v&#7899;i mu&#244;n v&#224;n l&#7897;n x&#7897;n, v&#7905; v&#7909;n, tan hoang.</p><p><strong>M&#236;nh h&#7885;c c&#225;ch vui.</strong></p><p>M&#236;nh cho ph&#233;p b&#7843;n th&#226;n t&#236;m ni&#7873;m vui nho nh&#7887; ngo&#224;i &#8220;c&#244;ng vi&#7879;c&#8221;. M&#236;nh &#273;i h&#7885;c nh&#7843;y. M&#236;nh &#273;i h&#7885;c ti&#7871;ng Th&#225;i. D&#249; ch&#7859;ng bi&#7871;t &#273;&#7875; l&#224;m g&#236;. Nh&#432;ng nh&#432; n&#7895; l&#7921;c v&#7851;y v&#249;ng c&#7911;a ng&#432;&#7901;i ch&#7871;t &#273;u&#7889;i, m&#236;nh qu&#7901; qu&#7841;ng, t&#236;m ki&#7871;m nh&#7919;ng sinh c&#417; nh&#7887; nhoi s&#243;t l&#7841;i trong ph&#250;t gi&#226;y tuy&#7879;t v&#7885;ng.</p><h2>l&#7901;i h&#7913;a</h2><p>M&#236;nh ch&#7911; &#273;&#7897;ng k&#7871;t th&#250;c ti&#7871;n tr&#236;nh l&#224;m vi&#7879;c v&#7899;i t&#226;m l&#253; gia. M&#7863;c cho m&#7885;i th&#7913; v&#7851;n c&#242;n ng&#7893;n ngang, l&#242;ng v&#7851;n c&#242;n &#273;&#7847;y tr&#259;n tr&#7903;. Th&#7871; nh&#432;ng, m&#236;nh kh&#244;ng c&#242;n lo l&#7855;ng n&#7919;a, kh&#244;ng s&#7907; h&#227;i n&#7919;a.</p><p>Tr&#234;n b&#7901; v&#7921;c tr&#7889;ng r&#7895;ng, m&#236;nh kh&#244;ng c&#242;n run r&#7849;y tr&#432;&#7899;c c&#225;i ch&#7871;t c&#7911;a m&#7897;t danh t&#237;nh, h&#236;nh h&#224;i, con ng&#432;&#7901;i v&#224; nh&#7919;ng c&#226;u chuy&#7879;n c&#361; k&#297; n&#7919;a. Gi&#7901; &#273;&#226;y, n&#243; l&#224; c&#225;nh c&#7917;a gi&#7843;i tho&#225;t. Nh&#7843;y kh&#7887;i khu r&#7915;ng ch&#225;y ng&#249;n ng&#7909;t v&#224;o kho&#7843;ng kh&#244;ng &#273;en t&#7889;i, m&#236;nh th&#7845;y nh&#7865; l&#242;ng. &#212;m theo le l&#243;i l&#242;ng d&#361;ng c&#7843;m, ni&#7873;m tin v&#224; hy v&#7885;ng - ch&#250;t c&#7911;a c&#7843;i s&#243;t l&#7841;i thu nh&#7863;t &#273;&#432;&#7907;c trong &#273;&#7889;ng &#273;&#7893; n&#225;t hoang t&#224;n.</p><blockquote><p><em>C&#7913; l&#224;m h&#7871;t nh&#7919;ng g&#236; c&#243; th&#7875;, nh&#7919;ng g&#236; mu&#7889;n l&#224;m.<br>Ph&#7847;n c&#242;n l&#7841;i tu&#7923; duy&#234;n v&#7853;y.<br>Nh&#432; bao l&#7847;n tin t&#432;&#7903;ng bu&#244;ng tay m&#7895;i khi k&#7871;t th&#250;c - b&#7855;t &#273;&#7847;u.<br>&#272;&#7873;u &#273;&#7871;n v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng khung tr&#7901;i &#273;&#7865;p nh&#7845;t.</em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>[English version]</strong></p><p><em>A small note: I used AI to help translate my thoughts from Vietnamese to English. I&#8217;m using this as a tool to bridge the language gap and improve my own English along the way. I hope the heart of my story still reaches you. Thank you for reading.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>the night before the end</h2><p>I went to see a therapist.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nnn0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8812c935-b239-49f1-81e9-528377de9265_2036x3000.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nnn0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8812c935-b239-49f1-81e9-528377de9265_2036x3000.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nnn0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8812c935-b239-49f1-81e9-528377de9265_2036x3000.heic 848w, 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about endings, about the final day - that no matter what happened, I would walk away from my current job. A visceral premonition of a grand finale. And before everything collapsed, I would need to write the ending with my own hands. Only then could I turn the page and plant the first seeds of a pure, crystalline aspiration.</p><p>&#8220;I think that new chapter will require a great deal of proactivity from you.&#8221;</p><p>I don&#8217;t remember the therapist&#8217;s exact response. But the gist of it was that I would have to take more responsibility. Be more independent. More autonomous.</p><p>Something like that&#8230;</p><h2>&#8220;there is a void inside me&#8230;&#8221;</h2><p>was my answer during the very first session when asked what was wrong. </p><p>I had lived with that emptiness for a while, trusting that I could overcome it once more, just like every other time. But this time, something felt more severe. The sensation of slowly withering away terrified me. </p><p>The feeling of waking up every day, looking in the mirror, seeing a parched, fading soul and an infinite black hole encroaching upon and seizing my mind. And no matter what I did, it was futile. It kept growing, seemingly unstoppable.</p><blockquote><p><em>I see a void inside me. A black hole eating everything around it, growing bigger each day. There&#8217;s a huge emptiness within it. <br>I once wondered if I could travel to a completely new universe if I fully surrendered to the void. I&#8217;m not sure. I&#8217;m too scared.<br>The only thing I can feel right now is that it&#8217;s swallowing me, and there&#8217;s nothing I can do to stop it.<br>Helplessness.<br>I even questioned whether my faith, my belief in my religion, and my prayers are helpful as it seems like I&#8217;m about to collapse entirely.<br>I&#8217;m not sure. Everything is shaking, and I have no clue.<br>I feel so tired.<br>I can&#8217;t handle it anymore.</em></p></blockquote><p>And along with that emptiness were fits of suppressed rage. Because it felt irrational to be inexplicably irritable with those around me. Though perhaps I was cranky without even realizing it. But I truly didn&#8217;t have the strength to care about that anymore. Because I, too, was busy trying to run away from the fire.</p><p>Except it seemed the only way out was that deep, pitch-black hole. 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Yet, at a dead end, I couldn&#8217;t simply manifest myself into believing or feeling otherwise. </p><p>I don&#8217;t believe in that kind of superficiality. I don&#8217;t believe the inner self can be deceived that way. It can be suppressed, enchanted, or hypnotized, but it remains there, biding its time to resurface. </p><p>Therefore, I was steadfast in changing my actions, doing everything within my power to save myself.</p><p><strong>I learned to be near people again.</strong></p><p>Instead of vanishing from life, I chose to be present and to share. I tried confiding in the friends I trust and love most, accepting the act of exposing my weakness and vulnerability before others.</p><p><strong>I decided to see a therapist.</strong></p><p>Instead of straining to handle everything alone, I allowed myself to seek help. I allowed a stranger to listen to my frantic thoughts, my strange emotions, and to see me amidst a thousand layers of mess, fragments, and ruin.</p><p><strong>I learned how to find joy.</strong></p><p>I allowed myself to find small pleasures outside of &#8220;work.&#8221; I took dance classes. I studied Thai. Even if I didn&#8217;t know what for. Like the desperate thrashing of a drowning person, I reached out, grasping for the tiny remnants of life left in a moment of despair.</p><h2>the promise</h2><p>I took the initiative to end my sessions with the therapist. Even though things were still messy and my heart was still full of concerns. However, I was no longer anxious, no longer afraid. </p><p>On the precipice of the void, I no longer trembled before the death of an identity, a form, a person, or those stale old stories. At that time, it was the only doorway to liberation. Leaping from the blazing forest into the dark unknown, I felt a sense of relief, carrying with me a flicker of courage, faith, and hope - the meager belongings salvaged from the smoldering ruins.</p><blockquote><p><em>Just do all that can be done, all that are wanted to do.<br>The rest, leave to fate.<br>Like the many times have trusted and let go during the transition between an ending and a beginning.<br>All led to the most beautiful horizons.</em></p></blockquote><div class="pullquote"><p><em>may your eyes be opened. <a href="https://open.substack.com/users/136149230-veilifian?utm_source=mentions">veilifian</a></em></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>