@matthew_loftus It’s arguably worse than that. Their souls were already hollow bc the previous generation didn’t fill it with anything. Except TV. Porn addiction is just the defense against realizing / confronting this. “Why am I so hollow? Because I watch so much porn? Oh thank god.”
@KhayeBhengu Maybe you’re right that no grown adult ever wants it. But all the same, grown adults will feel neglected, scared, alone, overlooked, overwhelmed by tragedies they are unrequited to handle.
Maybe you don’t want it. But if you ever find yourself needing it, I hope you get it.
@KhayeBhengu Being a parent to another’s inner child and being parented by another (when you need it) is a totally different coin than the mental conditional called “codependency.”
Fear more that mental condition that says “never depend, never let yourself be depended on” called narcissism
@nobody97799851@dannyroddy Financial independence is not the same as having lots of money. Whatever juror in your mind told you to conflate the two is not working in your favor, even if it is defending you against what you’re afraid of.
Thanks Bill!
Taskghost (n.) — a task avoided so long it has died and become a haunting. No longer appears on lists. Lives in the walls. Manifests as a cold dread when you open your email. Example: the taxes.
@ChristianityOn@Etanarachel Is there a distinction between masking that is done to conceal the fact you’re masking (which I guess is traditional masking?) and masking that is understood to be transparent (like when you’re working in customer service)? I am curious whether the former leads to more burnout
@basilYam may the anxious be inspired to calmness and hope just by your mere presence, anon
may those drowning in their own sorrows have the strength to swim on and to learn helpfulness by your example!
I think there’s no way not to be trapped. As you get older you get more and more trapped by every decision you make. And if you don’t make decisions you get trapped by where life takes you. It’s kind of a “do you enjoy your cage or not” situation