Since Covid, Ive Been In Conversations Where My Mind Has Just Gone Blank.What Have You Been Up To?How

Since covid, I’ve been in conversations where my mind has just gone blank.  “What have you been up to?”  “How have you been?”  

It’s back to “I have no idea.  I exist, I guess.”  If only I could actually say that.

a mess

Someone should address the people who say hateful things and make cartoonishly bad arguments. But I'm not that someone.

There are professionals and people much smarter than me to take out that trash.

I lived with an abuser for a decade; I recognize manipulation and when someone isn't arguing in good faith.

They use the same tactics. So I'll deal with them the way I dealt with the abuser.

Goal for you

Be in love with yourself. Hype yourself up. Dont think cruel things of yourself that you wouldn't let someone say to your close friends.

You are wonderfully human.

A question for the abuse survivors, did you lose the ability to recognize when you're happy? I feel like someone took an eraser to my amygdala.

Did you get yours back?

[drawing of a green squid saying “I won’t feel this way forever. One day, I’ll be happy again.” in a green speech bubble.]

Hi.

I feel the need to reiterate that trans women are women.  If you’re using my trauma as a means to justify or illustrate a point counter to this, fuck off.  Go be a fool somewhere else, far, far away from me.

Thanks.