thinking about how my friends and i were just walking down the street today and got called "gamers" like it was a slur by a random guy before he threw a stick at us <3
The Second Congo War is the deadliest conflict since WW2, with an estimated death count of 5.4 million. At no point were visa waivers ever offered to a single Congolese person.
it’s kinda ironic that most of healing happens thru or requires engaging with other people bc like damn bitch y’all the ones that hurt me to begin with
the communication can be as simple as saying
“i’m scared of opening up.”
“i don’t like when you do that”
“i need reassurance.”
“that is one of my boundaries.”
“i like when you do x because of xyz.”
“i need ____. can you provide that?”
“that’s outside of my capacity.”