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[pearwaldorf]

I feel a little silly, but also annoyed.


I have been sitting with this idea "You are allowed to admit the world hurt you" for a couple days now.

Like. This should not be revelatory. I would never scoff at a black person who said they had anxiety to the point of having to take time away from normal activities re: police brutality, even if they had never personally experienced it themselves. I would not scoff at a woman who did the same thing re: men. So why am I somehow the exception?

I know we are invariably harder on ourselves, but it still feels so, so stupid to realize you can hold yourself to the same standards you have for other people. I'm not exactly sure where to proceed in this regard from here, but it felt important to acknowledge.

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[senmut]

I always do this. I cannot accept for myself what I will hasten to accommodate in others.

[longwhitecoats]

I hear you. <3 I have a hard time with it too. But, like, you are 100% right. You are allowed to admit the world hurt you.

[silveradept]

It seems stupid, but it's a lot harder than it appears to a lot of people, including me. I can believe it all I want, but I have trouble actually applying it to myself.