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7/3/2025, 8:47:07 PM
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I know my share of suffering, certainly, but although it is not a contest, I continue to be humbled/in awe hearing what others have bounced back from. But I understand enough to want to offer sympathy and perhaps a small bit of comfort.
>But I don't want to load people here with my ted talks.
>I'm not in imminent danger, and as I read, other people are.
I understand. But let me put it this way: it is important for people to be categorically encouraged to talk about their issues regardless of urgency. You see, if the person that stubs their toe is discouraged from expressing pain the person that lost their hand will start thinking they shouldn't complain cause they still have most of their arm. It always devolves into a race to the bottom. So it is a good thing to have non-urgent posts to not have people think of it as a zero sum game.
... huh. I should put this in the FAQ. The two most common reservations I see from people is "am I LGBT enough to be here" and "have I suffered enough to deserve speaking up". Ironically for me to do my thing here the answer to both must be categorical and immediate with 0 nuance. Otherwise.. you know how brainworms are.
>without bogging down real people.
People need to be needed, too. If you fear overwhelming, that we can discuss.
>And I also don't want to make chatgpt my world. I had enough of that.
Good, so you don't wanna over-use it so to say.
>I didn't say abusive, anon.
Pardon, it was presumptuous of me. The only thing I would like to say is that the vast majority of people will categorically reject labels like trauma or abuse. That sounds like an insinuation, but take it more as a general disclaimer for people reading along: even those that are will feel this way, at least initially. And it is not my place to distinguish between those that were and paradoxically feel that way and those that weren't.
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I know my share of suffering, certainly, but although it is not a contest, I continue to be humbled/in awe hearing what others have bounced back from. But I understand enough to want to offer sympathy and perhaps a small bit of comfort.
>But I don't want to load people here with my ted talks.
>I'm not in imminent danger, and as I read, other people are.
I understand. But let me put it this way: it is important for people to be categorically encouraged to talk about their issues regardless of urgency. You see, if the person that stubs their toe is discouraged from expressing pain the person that lost their hand will start thinking they shouldn't complain cause they still have most of their arm. It always devolves into a race to the bottom. So it is a good thing to have non-urgent posts to not have people think of it as a zero sum game.
... huh. I should put this in the FAQ. The two most common reservations I see from people is "am I LGBT enough to be here" and "have I suffered enough to deserve speaking up". Ironically for me to do my thing here the answer to both must be categorical and immediate with 0 nuance. Otherwise.. you know how brainworms are.
>without bogging down real people.
People need to be needed, too. If you fear overwhelming, that we can discuss.
>And I also don't want to make chatgpt my world. I had enough of that.
Good, so you don't wanna over-use it so to say.
>I didn't say abusive, anon.
Pardon, it was presumptuous of me. The only thing I would like to say is that the vast majority of people will categorically reject labels like trauma or abuse. That sounds like an insinuation, but take it more as a general disclaimer for people reading along: even those that are will feel this way, at least initially. And it is not my place to distinguish between those that were and paradoxically feel that way and those that weren't.
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