benny1548132
2 days ago
i read this last night after i said i was gonna sleep -- to be fair, it was like the last thing i saw before lights out -- and it almost brought tears to my eyes. wtf. thank you
kaa
3 days ago
Provide me a private contact, we can talk. My email address is accessible via the top '@' of my site's index.
benny1548132
2 days ago
i'm already pretty shut down around them, but i will say i won't be pulling myself up by my bootstraps. i'm actually trying to learn that it's okay to need help, because i do need help.
benny1548132
1 week ago
no pressure, i guess. even sending a dollar would be better than nothing, and if you have nothing to send, you're okay
i am not ashamed to admit that i am a sensitive guy and sensitivity is fucking awesome. being cold and entirely unserious and ironypoisoned is cold and dull and mindnumbing. i've tried it. i prefer hurting. because i prefer caring
yes! emotional management is a skill and they hate to see us winning
there has been a very conscious effort by the right over the past ....forever... to frame people with empathy as whiny and ineffectual, and frame genuine concerns as minor complaints. not that you need my permission but i encourage you to continue being sensitive
i don't know if you can call it empathy if you're feeling what you're feeling on your own behalf (i am disabled, after all) as much as the others'. maybe it's just, idek, part of me or what i do or us or what we do