i think saying things along the lines of "if you've lost a bunch of friends you must be the problem" or "if you think you're surrounded by evil or bad people maybe it's just you" is a profoundly cruel, near evil, thing to say that i find mind-boggling coming from spiritual people who otherwise preach understanding
i feel like you could only believe a notion like this is the case for most people if you've never really spent a lot of time really listening to people or their experiences, more time theorizing about them and psychoanalyzing them than commenting or connecting
so arrogant you trust the roles you've written for other people more than what they have opened up to tell you
i have met countless people who are otherwise lovely who are surrounded by bad people because trauma either makes that familiar for them or because they haven't figured out that they can be lovely and also say no and have boundaries
like if that is not a common thing for you to hear from people, if that doesn't easily come up as a counter-example for you when you insist on these thoughts, i don't think you're as empathetic as you think you are, or you are but you're surrounded by people saying these things and you think they're better or smarter than you so if enough people you respect say it you feel like you have to as well, which, guess what: is a lack of boundaries
proving your own point that you're only being so judgmental of people having bad boundaries because you do too
stop telling everyone else that they're ignoring everyone being their mirror, you're not even looking at your own when it's presented to you
said with love
1:02am EDT: Sun in Cancer parallels Ceres in Gemini, as the Moon in Virgo semisquares retrograde Mercury in Cancer. At the end of the day, YOU are the only person who can make you feel approved-of. Their affection cannot reach us if we don't let it. 03°Vi12' D 18°Cn12' R
I think of our job in trauma recovery as building a life that will not collapse if someone leaves.
That doesn't mean no interdependence-- it means we are whole, complete, & safe in the life we create. That our life is enhanced, not created or defined, by our relationships.
i broke my rule and deleted a series of tweets because i'm literally reacting to an ep of euphoria as i watch it and things are happening so quickly that i don't even think i make sense, we make a little exception
@OluwaSoLove "you need to lie if you don't want to age too quickly" is one of the wildest takes i've heard on here as of late, my WORD
i was also JUST critiquing how socially normalized this "polite" passive-aggressive dishonesty is where i live in oklahoma, odd timing
It is fake because it’s lying by omission but I guess some of you care about lack of integrity by thinking you aren’t creating enemies still in the name of appearing beautiful from not having cortisol spikes…
i need to embrace feeling annoying to people because it's the only way i open up and find the people i won't annoy!!! sorry to anyone i annoy along the way but i'm gonna keep moving so don't worry!
Nicole Kidman says that you can keep your childhood blankie until you're 85, "there's no medal for giving it up"
Nicole Kidman: "I always say to kids... your comfort is your comfort."
Nicole Kidman: "If you need to keep your blankie till you're 85, you keep your blankie. There's no medal for giving that up."
Nicole Kidman: "Who says you have to be this sort of perfect grownup? You're allowed to have these things."
"Eventually, almost everyone claims they opposed apartheid...But justice is not measured by where we stand after history has issued its verdict. It is measured by where we stand when the verdict is still being rendered." -@NYCMayor on Nelson Mandela and Palestinian human rights
i only have one cigarette left in the pack i bought before i decided i'd quit and i'm actually really excited, it's hard for me to stop totally while it's still available but i can financially justify not buying any more so THAT'S THAT
I wish I could tell you everyone will love the strong & independent "you" you're creating in trauma recovery, but they won't. Some people will feel threatened by it. Some people won't know what to do w/ it. Some people strongly preferred you unstable & needy.
Sucks to be them.
going to briefly unprotect my account because i want to make public replies lol, randos not following me, please do not search me out and reply to me because i have a keyword in one of my past tweets that you're obsessively tracking, i am NOT the one