Category: Everyday Psychology
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Can anger fuel you to become the best version of yourself? I don’t know! Sometimes it just tears you down, but sometimes it can make you so angry you refuse to lose. This is what happened to me. Both these things happened to me. Most of my trauma, I wouldn’t wish on anyone, and I…
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Why are people in the internet era so judgmental and elitist when doing hobbies that “in the old days” were deemed “geeky”? I have noticed a trend in nerdy and geeky hobbies like tabletop role-playing games, anime, doll collecting, gaming, coding… I have noticed that the online communities around certain “nerdy” hobbies have become more…
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Content warning: This post includes the topics of sexual assault, medical conditions, childhood trauma, mental illness, physical trauma response, and suicide. I’m disabled in more than one way. I have autism, and I also have a physical disability and illness called Rheumatoid Arthritis, which is an autoimmune illness that primarily affects the joints in the body…
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Content warning: non-graphic discussions of religious abuse, sexual abuse, and self-harm. When religion – especially Christianity and other Abrahamic religions – seems like a socially accepted act of self-harm. I know this is a big thought, a big claim, but hear me out. In this essay, I will explain why religion sometimes sounds like self-harming to…
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Have you heard the question “Would you rather meet a man or a bear?” asked by many women on social media in the conversation about dangerous men and the #metoo-movement? The question is asked because many women feel like they would rather meet a bear. A literal bear! Why? Because so many women have their…
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Why nobody is lazy — it’s always an underlying problem I have autism, in fact, I have the PDA type as well, and PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance. On the surface this can look like laziness explained or worse — to rationalize laziness — but it’s really not. It’s a real thing, a real…
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I will not lie, today is the best time ever to be born if you’re part of one or many marginalized groups or simply care about human well-being. I’m a woman, I’m autistic and I’m half-Asian. Of course, I care about how people like me were treated in the “good old days”! And to not…