I’ve been practicing Buddhism for about a year and some change and it has truly been a life-changing experience. Before deciding to practice it, I did my research of course. I wanted to follow something that felt … real. and I felt that these beliefs were real.

In Buddhism, the belief of being attached to someone/something can lead to suffering has taught me to lose that attachment to material things and also people. In ways, that has benefited me and in other ways, no because at times, I have caught myself getting somewhat comfortable and forget about my problems, when in reality, I have to deal with reality. 

When it comes to people, I have learned to detach myself from them. Emotionally and well physically is not even included cus well, I’m not going to be with my mom attached to the hip 24/7 lol. I have discovered that the love I’ve wanted to have all my life was within me all along. It just took an experience for me to find it. From experience, attachment has caused me suffering … lots of it. For example, many women are in love with the idea of love. Movies are to blame, as I like to say. This extremely romantic, walk in the park relationship is what many people tend to believe this is what it’s like. I learned to detach myself from these types of expectations, from this emotion. At times, it can be a battle because you don’t want to feel anger when someone pisses you off. You don’t want to feel anything. That’s happened to me several times but then I remember, I am human and I want to feel. I want to see. Which is what Buddhism is about, seeing.