@chipol_tay@emmajstricker Childhood coping mechanism: hiding in my room and talking to my stuffed animals
Adult: withdrawing from my closest friends/family, acting like I’m ok, and talking to my dog
A mental exercise I've been doing a lot recently:
How would 15-year-old Trey feel about this?
How would 35-year-old Trey feel about this?
Great for everything from direction in life to your daily food choices.
Works REALLY well with things you don't want to think about at all.
Gen Z will drink one medium caramel latte, not eat a single thing till 4 pm, verbally abuse a racist, crack a joke about their mental health and pick up a tear gas canister with their bare hands, but get nervous when they have to call to make a doctors appointment.
[pets during the quarantine]
dog: oh boy oh boy i get to be with human all day & night i love human lovelovelovelove
cat: are you fuckin kidding me right now