How to balance 'I just want a place I can curate to see what I want to see' vs 'if you look at anything that's not on fire and dying you're part of the problem'. My mental health is wrecked y'all, and I'm one of the ones fighting against the problems. My sympathetic nervous system is SHRIEKING. - ThreadSky

justfnckinsayin.bsky.social • 108 days ago

How to balance 'I just want a place I can curate to see what I want to see' vs 'if you look at anything that's not on fire and dying you're part of the problem'. My mental health is wrecked y'all, and I'm one of the ones fighting against the problems. My sympathetic nervous system is SHRIEKING.

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ailwhin.bsky.social•108 days ago

its ok to just do the first thing and do very very little of the second thing. this is how i live and i have yet to be accused of. being a monster.

justfnckinsayin.bsky.social•108 days ago

I have been an advocate for intersex and trans folks since the early 2000s on a local level. I've gotten all sorts of hate and threats, but NOTHING like the hate I get from the under 35 crowd for 'not being aware enough of the evil on the horizon'. Honestly, they're addicted to despair.

justfnckinsayin.bsky.social•108 days ago

If I make any mention on social media of doing ANYTHING that's not 110% nose to the grindstone 'work' against the coming troubles (and yes, I do believe we're about to hit some real shit) they shriek at me for slacking. It's worse than my own internalized self denial and it's sad and enraging.

ailwhin.bsky.social•108 days ago

yeeeahhh i meant uh more irl lack of accusations of monsterdom. there is a certain...subculture? of scolding people online currently that is prevalent, loud, and hard to avoid. im sure it happens in real life too, i just havent personally run into it but i am kinda a hermit.

ailwhin.bsky.social•108 days ago

and yes doing advocacy is gonna also make finding that balance much much harder too. you might need to seperate your personal sm accounts from advocacy accounts but i dont know if thats feasible in your situation. but i just wanted to be a voice saying "not drowning yourself in horror is ok"

justfnckinsayin.bsky.social•108 days ago

Oh I know it's okay. I just feel like the young people I work with woke up and realized I'm Gen X thus am to be held accountable for the sins of my people up to and including Gaiman. I don't want to fall back on my early adult solutions to that sort of crap, which would get me arrested nowadays.

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