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eternal-reverie · 14 days
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got the posting anxiety bad tonight
#click clack#ok a peak into my thought process and anxiety here we go#ok so the art is almost done and up to standard I would post onto my art blog#BUT for some reason the thought of posting art of my ocs there scares me#because even tho it’s my art blog in my mind it’s the equivalent to a art gallery that demands being detached????? from the art#like once I share it there it’s no longer ‘mine’ but to the public#and my ocs (plus the stories that go with them) are like the closest to my heart and relinquishing them feels like a lot#a part of my imagination that I spent so much time with developing over the years to be placed up for judgement…#so then the solution could be to put it here on my personal! the online space cozy enough and filled with other posts that could easily bury#the original posts I put here#but there goes my other dilemma. i don’t want them too associated with my personal for if one day i do muster up something for publication#my big fear is that ppl will find this space and go thru everything. the fear of being perceived and judged 😵‍💫#all the hypotheticals and anxiety for something that may not even happen#dumb mind problems my head made up 🙄#anyway writing it out helped lol I’m posting it to my art blog I decided 👍#I have to work on getting that blog to be comfortable space to post… i should lower that silly self imposed standard I set for myself#and be whatever about ppl being aware of my online presences#maybe… [grinding my teeth] I should post my messy sketches onto my art blog…#I should take my friends suggestion and make a website to feature my ocs…🤔#idk my only other solution that doesn’t feel viable to mitigate the anxiety is to slowly introduce my ocs in the background of setting art#just a slow drip until they are in the forefront#bleghhh whatever much ado about nothing it’s like I never posted my ocs ever when I have indeed posted them before on both places ( º_º )#I’m realizing it happens too when I post too much fanart in a row… I have curator disease??? 🫨#or something I used to be very particular about what order I reblog stuff like it used to be by color and content balanced out#I still do to a lesser degree… but it used to be pretty bad#post order compulsion????#the fear of being abrupt and incohesive in between posts…#if you read this far thanks you can now see how much this consumes me 🙃
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chaifootsteps · 7 months
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A little ramble about antis/pros. (This has absolutely nothing to do with that post you rbed recently about the intense cyberbullying/harassment/etc. that affected someone's life terribly. Fuck all of those ppl involved in that because it was never that serious and I'm sick that someone's life ended over it.) I guess ppl would call me an anti? If someone ships something gross I just block them to avoid it and call it a day, curating my exp. and whatnot. That's it. Fandoms in general confuse and annoy me for numerous reasons and I don't interact past reading fanfiction, looking at art, liking/reblogging stuff, and asking anon question sometimes.
But I see ppl insist that antis are like the devil or something. Same thing with pro shippers. Along with that, I see ppl insist that both things mean different things that're way too serious for fandom imo. Like, antis are puritans or something apparently and pros are anti harassment? Maybe it's just based off of other's personal experiences with the opposite side and those became popular definitions.
For me, pros ship any and everything. And antis don't like stuff that's like lolicon/shotacon (p*do stuff), inc*st, b*stiality, etc. Which seems like normal stuff to not enjoy. I'm well aware that some antis are huge pricks and go out of their way to interact with and harass pros. But I've seen the same thing with pros going to interact with and harass antis. The exact same shit. And I've seen ppl on both sides saying to not to do that for obvious reasons. It just seems that some ppl show too much bias to their side, not to mention acting like they're fighting some great fictious war. There's thousands of ppl on both sides, who don't even all share the same opinions.
I don't know, I'll end my ramble saying that I form my opinions on the ppl I personally see being assholes, pro or anti (or neutral) alike. Ppl need to relax. I know you don't call yourself a pro because of how it's defined so differently from how you view it/don't wanna fight over that title. If I made an effort to have more of an online presence, I'd do the same thing (just with anti). Anyway, you're alright and I enjoy popping in to your blog to read thru all these asks. It's like reading the news.
If your reaction to seeing something you don't like is to click away or block it and get on with your life? You're what used to be considered a normal person.
For the record, proshippers don't ship anything and everything. The battle for the integrity of the term itself was getting to be too much for me, but I know people who still call themselves proshippers whose tastes in shipping are about a million times more vanilla than mine. Proshipping, according to proshippers, just means that everyone should be free to ship more or less whatever without getting death threats for it.
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eddieydewr · 3 months
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I also think Noah decided to lay low but I have a hard time seeing ppl letting up which is what worries me for his sake. When ppl begin to move on the internet loves to bring it back up.
I don't think the cast is icing him out because that would not be a smart thing for the duffers to advise for many reasons. The cast has also shown support for Noah (liking his posts or Noah posting about them). At most, I think they were just advised to not post with him since, like you said, every time ppl see him they scream "genocide". Who knows, Noah may be out with them too and just decided not to be in the picture. And maybe I'm selfish but I really hope to see Noah soon. Both in character AND hanging out with the cast because I want him to enjoy it.
As for his socials, I could see Noah deleting everything himself to try and get a clean slate and begin setting boundaries or that being advised by a therapist or manager or whatever. I could also see him being more closed off which makes me sad because I like what he shares but he needs to do what's best for him. He's probably going through a lot of changes rn. And maybe this is selfish as well, but I hope he continues to do college online and does not return to Penn physically. I don't think it's safe and I believe he got involved with some not very good ppl. I know a lot of his priv stuff got leaked and I believe that is part of the reason why along with all the obsessive haters who began stalking him. Speaking of which, I really hope he takes legal action against some of these ppl who have been spreading the false rumors, it's just not okay.
that’s one of the most annoying things about social media; the so-called cancel culture, whether the person being cancelled deserves it or not. we can’t move on or enjoy something without them going “ummm, did y’all forget he did this and she did that??” it’s truly miserable. whatever happened to curating your own online experience? (i’m aware i sound hypocrital lol but i don’t go out of my way to find things that makes me miserable).
💚💚 it’s not selfish to want to see noah. i think we want confirmation that he’s ok. we wouldn’t know for sure but it’d be nice to see his face and see him getting on with things. i sure hope he isn’t isolating himself and avoiding others off set. until he says something, if ever, we have no idea what is happening. but i’m gonna be cautiously optimistic and say it’s mostly business as usual for him. and he is hanging out with the cast and taking photos (they’re just not being posted right now, and he might not want to. but bts pics are different so i reckon he’ll post them when s5 is out). try not to assume the worst, that’s what the antis want. it’s an adjustment for anyone who is used to noah’s online presence, and now the sudden radio silence, lol. like i don’t blame you for being concerned. maybe the whole thing is being blown out of proportion and while it sucks, just let people flap their gums while noah earns a hefty paycheck, lmao.
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rotationalsymmetry · 2 years
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About the recent cpunk discourse:
the main thing to note about people you’re following is do they share awareness posts about a range of disabilities that don’t affect them? (and frankly I’m more inclined to count things like “here’s how you deal with x” than “here’s a list of words to avoid”, but you do you.)
usual caveat that tumblr is only a fraction of a person’s life and you can’t really tell what they do offline based on their online presence.
anyways I definitely have opinions about this I’m just…it seems like the kind of thing where if you pick a position ppl assume you’re taking the most extreme version possible of that position, and also I kinda don’t want it to take over my dash? Which it absolutely will if I’m not careful. because oh boy do I have opinions on mental illness and stigma and invisibility.
Anyways sometimes I think about how I reacted to being depressed or whatever (low mood, suicidal ideation, this weird thing where my worldview swung between everything is awful and always has been and everything is fine and no problems here, it’s not like I got a diagnosis so “depression” is more of a placeholder than a certainty) vs how I reacted to getting CFS, like telling people vs not and the expectations I placed on myself and how much I was inclined to blame myself/try to bootstrap myself out of it. Very different experiences.
And I don’t think I was that good at hiding that something was going on. Other people knew.
And I’m thinking about one advice blogger responding to a question involving a partner who had a panic attack, and I really can’t imagine a similarly dismissive response around, say, “my partner was acting distant around my family and later told me they had a 103 degree fever” or something, you know?
Anyways. We have shared cause. Arguing online is easy, genuinely showing up for each other is harder.
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cruelsister-moved · 3 years
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DON'T RB
thinking on my own experiences i feel like the detail lost between "communicating with anyone who isn't within 6 months of your age should be a crime" and "ummmm grown adults convincing 13 year olds they're asexual and involving them in debates about whether fictional c//p is ok is just like sex ed actually" is that on the internet it's much easier to either not be aware or not fully comprehend when someone is at a very different life stage to u..
like i was a 13 year old talking to adults and they were just like me and we talked like I talked with my school friends, i didnt have that same separation and awareness that i did have with the adults in my real life & like I dont really move in these spaces anymore or talk to ppl under 18 online bc of this exact discomfort but I can imagine like w the buffer of shared fandom stuff (and the fact a lot of adults in these spaces are like. kind of socially awkward and like if someone's into all kids shows and constantly online in like very kid heavy spaces their online presence will probably seem younger than they r) its easy to get caught up and forget you're talking to someone much younger/older
LIKE yes there are situations in which adults educate kids about sex but they are very public and rigid and there is a separation between the child and the adult where both parties are aware of their very different positions. also yes there are situations in while a child or young person has like an older mentor they look up to but again, that's a relationship in which the older person is responsible for maintaining boundaries in and also which are different from if they were two friends of a similar age & im just not convinced that this separation is clear online...
like are u really the cool older aunt who like teaches them how to knit or are u actually encouraging them to broach adult topics and being more familiar with them than u would be with a 14 year old irl...like if ur venting to a teen abt ur hard day at the office or whatever that is literally still a weird burden to put on a child honestly -_- um okay yeah that's my thoughts like tldr the internet makes it less obvious (and if they r someone w genuinely bad intentions it also allows them to shield themselves frm being confronted w the fact) that someone is much younger/older than you and allows for major erosion of boundaries in a way that just doesn't happen in the same way when an adult and a younger person interact irl >_<
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8lah8lah · 2 years
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heres my genius OFF but theyre regular people AU. not human the ones that arent human stay nonhuman but everyone is still regular people put under the cut cause i genuinely thought this'd be like one sentence per char but it is fucking long girl help
zacharie; extremely normal guy. works as like, a cashier. has gone to college forrrr whatever Selling Shit or the closest thing to it is but doesnt get to use his degree much. not very online either he has an email and a facebook if those count and thats it. i dont know if he'd wear his full face masks regularly? but at least wears regular nose-and-mouth face masks like always always always always maybe even indoors with ppl he already visits regularly that are not ill. allaround pretty solid trusted liked Known guy where he lives! has no online friends that arent moved away friends from college and even then only has conversations through emails. lives with sucre and the judge
sucre; like. definetely Online. not terminally but she has a tumblr that she goes on weekly like she comes back from work (idk what her job would be) and she's like ahhh yes time to see what everyone got up to while i was away and she scrolls through tumblr in complete silence no music. really good at guessing when someone is shitty before it's known theyre shitty and when them being shitty is revealed shes like told you!!!! default outfit is a sports bra, fully unbuttoned hawaiian shirt, and sweatpants also i don't think she'd wear socks or slippers around the house OR put any footwear on to take the trash out. might play video games idk what though?? has irl and online friends and is good at hanging out with both pretty regularly. also transfem duh
judge; he is NOT like at ALL equivalant to a house cat as far as presence goes he will just stare at you and watch you and talk to you and if you tell him you're upset or you're thinking about some issue in the world oh boy you are going to have the conversation of a lifetime. does annoying cat things even though he is 101% on human scale of awareness cause he thinks it's funny (stepping on zacharie's laptop, eating food that was left unattended on the table, sleeping on clothes in closet when either zacharie or sucre needs them for work and slaps them with his paw when they try to take it) and also cause he's a cat but all 3 of them know he does not need to do that. is 40+ in human years and still kickin and yes still has The teeth because he's a very special boy <3
the batter; baliff whack his peepee (he is in jail because i emphatically believe he would still murder people over jack shit regardless of the situation)
the queen; single mom, i don't know what her job(s) would be either she's either working all the time or has one big important fancy job. good friends with zacharie he helps babysit hugo sometimes. i think zacharie and sucre live in an apartment but the queen lives in a proper house. uhhh i dont know she is also very well liked where she lives and gets cookies etc on her doorstep every xmas from neighbors etc
hugo; hes like 6??? and yes he still LOVES meat he stole a piece of jerky from the batter when he was baby and has not stopped wanting to have meat with every single meal since. never used teething toys just gnawed jerky. shares a minecraft account with the queen it has some like super generic Mom username with like numbers and shit at the end and everything but hugo will ONLY let the skin be sans if he's playing. the queen like sets him on her lap and is like awww let's play mindcraft now sweetie!!! and he's like aoououououou -blows everything up- also he's still bald he wanted to be bald. when zacharie babysits him and the judge comes which he usually does (also the judge hangs out on zacharie's shoulders when he goes outside but not to work like every other time he goes out) the judge poisons hugo's baby innocent mind with philosophical questions. also he draws
dedan; has a job specifically where he can yell at people this is probably like, construction or something but my first thought when conceptualizing this last month it was "a traffic guy" and i want you to imagine him in the little hi vis jacket. guiding children safely across the street to and from school screaming and getting road rage at the parked cars even though he is not driving. and also that when he does drive to work he is screaming the entire fucking time as loud as he can only taking breaks to catch his breath so he doesnt have to think about how angry the people driving normally are making him. got top surgery in like the 1980's through sheer will good for him
enoch; enoch. doesn't do the whole "forces employees to develop cannibalism addictions so they work more" thing (sorry to ppl who havent beat OFF yet) i'm pretty sure that is illegal to do for some reason or another but he is a universally disliked and infamous boss all the same. one time he invited his workers to a lunch thing with him and one guy who's also coworkers with zacharie invited him to it so enoch wouldnt get mad there was so few people and zacharie wasnt like, SCARED, but he was like holy shit you live like this? my friend said "enoch on facebook talking about how his workers are so dedicated except brian lastname 123 street" which i hard agree with. smashed a beer bottle maybe a few on the batter's head once at an event like 11 years ago which while everyone hates him for everything else agrees that was pretty ahead of his time
valerie; if he is NOT dead (which he isnt in this au) he would live in his own house with the judge that they both upkeep and pay the bills for and everything. if he is dead it is cause japhet who is uhhhhh i dont know SOME bird killed him and he died when he was like 16 also in human years cause he was also a very special boy <3
japhet; i dont think he's as sentient and powerful as in-game japhet is cause i dont think the world would be ready for a like 10 foot tall can fly bird with hooves with a heron beak that is malicious but he's either like a hawk or an emu and when the judge is on walks with zacharie the judge will stare at and try to talk to him and he's like -is literally just a normal bird cannot speak or understand english- if he WAS like he is in-game though i think he'd be friends with enoch
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fairycosmos · 4 years
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Hi C, I'm in a really dark place rn esp bc of quarantine, so I'm probably not gonna make it these next few months sadly, sorry to lay this on you, but I just wanted to say this before. I relate alot to you about many of the personal/emotional things you talk about in your asks and your blog brings me comfort when I decide to come on here. I'm shy so sometimes I reblog the stuff you reblog from the source haha. I hope you learn to feel truly happy and that you never get to my point. Love , V x
hey, this seriously breaks my heart to read 😞 i’m not stupid enough to believe that anything i say will be enough to absolve you of the weight you’re carrying. clearly you’re dealing with a lot of pain and mental exhaustion, maybe to an extent i cant even imagine. so i know words from a stranger aren’t any kind of solution. but i have to try any way because i care about what happens to you, and i want you to know that you’re not in this all on your own. maybe i could be a mediating presence. maybe all that matters is having some time to pause. to give yourself another perspective to consider so it’s not just your mind trying to convince you that it’s all so black and white. cause it’s not, i promise. you can be 100% certain, in this moment, that these next few months will be rough/ impossible to survive - and still make it through them anyway. a sense of impending doom is not always accurate, nor is any ‘helplessness’ you see in yourself. and when you have depression, most of the time those perceptions are wildly inaccurate. it’s coming from the same place as all of the other toxic thinking processes: the self hatred, the shame, the anxiety. it’s not a reliable or factually concrete basis to act on. look, everything i talk about in my asks, i believe whole heartedly to be true for you, too. i dont say these things lightly at all. especially when i bring up how mental illness distorts your reality and your ability to make an accurate judgement of your future, and even more so when i talk about all the different types of treatment that are out there and that really do work given the time and effort. even if they’re not immediately available to you right now, just simply surviving through each day will eventually get you to a point where you can begin confronting your issues and growing beyond them. just as people do with physical ailments, the same is possible for mental ones. you can cry, you can want to give up, you can be numb and hurt and not know what to do next. as long as you make it to the next moment. if you need a little help to be able to do that, then that’s fine. most people do. there are many hotlines still open, online communities offering support, mental health professionals working from home that you can contact. even if you have to force yourself to. if you’re already seeing someone, you can call them any time and let them know you’re struggling. then maybe you can set up a plan together, to enable you to manage the heavy thoughts/emotions when they flare up instead of being overwhelmed by them. if not, you could call a friend or loved one if that’s an option just so you have someone to vent to. i’m sure they’d rather you do that than hurt yourself. a lot of ppl are feeling the strain of this isolation, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stay connected in other ways. it doesn’t mean we’re beyond help. it’s okay, whatever you need, it’s okay. i know it seems like bull shit, and i know it doesn’t feel worth it right now. i completely understand, i’ve absolutely been there too. but i would hate to see you permanently harm yourself, or worse, over an episode (that has been significantly worsened by quarantine) that can be worked through. you cant trust your mind right now, or the urges you’re having. i dont want to give you all the cliches about how there’s so much waiting for you, about how suicide is an extreme solution to a temporary problem. i get that they’re annoying. but part of me does believe all of those old sayings, at least a little bit. you can recognize that you’re in a dark place right now, and that it’s being exacerbated by current circumstances, and thats a really good sign. it means some part of you know there’s more beyond that, that improvement is both possible and in some ways, inevitable. whatever ‘point’ you think you’re at, you’re not. you’re not a lost cause. you didn’t survive everything so far, for nothing. so please, please don’t get lost in the notion that killing yourself is a guaranteed act, because it’s not. it’s easy to believe that when you’re spiraling, but spirals always come to an end, through self awareness or natural progression or medical attention. listen, you’re here and you’re trying and that is quite literally the entire point. you’re worth so much, and so is your life. i couldn’t be more proud of you, and i want you to stick around so that someday you’ll see it for yourself. i’m really glad i was able to bring you some comfort. it makes me want to cry that you sent this and that you’re thinking of me. so know i’m thinking of you too. that so many people care for your presence even if you dont know it. please reconsider, please try to regroup and look at your options. if you want to talk, dont hesitate at all to message me. i know you said you’re shy, but so am i! and i can relate a lot to what you’re saying. i’ll be here. take it one day at a time love, and if that feels like too much, one hour at a time. even a minute at a time. the rest doesn’t exist yet. im sending you so much love, and my dms are always open. get some sleep, eat well, find something you enjoy that allows you to breathe, - a view from a window, a tv show, a memory, laying in bed. not a cure,  i know, just a small reason. and then for now, keep going. whatever that looks like for you. i believe in you so much x
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@uberoll-oystercrackers late night (early morning?) posting here but this is super nice ty and also again retroactively thank you additionally for all the long replies & kind tags you give
like really yeah it’s like, on the one hand, it’s fairly sucky having to have this thing where im always jumping the gun on considering someone Maybe An Friend and then having to remind myself / be reminded of the fact that like no probably not, which is true and yet sucks, which is just how some stuff is!! like sometimes stuff just is Not Good and is not ever going to Not Hurt, despite the fact you can kinda get better at living with it. and like this one isnt a huge deal even tho the larger problem of when ur like, lonely &/or isolated is kind of a whole real deal……
like it’s strange having these contradictory problems with it…..like, Being Myself has never really just been something i can Naturally do, so even just trying to be nice is like oh lord am i being ~manipulative~, and im always too prone to treat interactions like ive got to placate the other person, and then also just like….not having amazing social skills anyways in the sense that i know a lot of times i come across ~off~ to people and can’t really do a lot about that, but also, i feel like i’m always overcompensating for like, enthusiasm and just the fact i like to Get Silly and maybe i’ll act too cool~n~collected or come off like im trying to be all Smart and Smarmy and like jeez no……it doesnt help that when i was younger i generally preferred interacting with adults and so probably was trying to come across as clever and when i was wanting someone to like me i’d be real nervous and try to go too hard in seeming the opposite lol……oh the legacy of the time i found out my mom’s childhood friend who was funny and cool to us thought i was bookish (true) but like also snobby or something lmao like ah jeez i probably made too many sarcastic jokes about things….but oh well i was just like 10-ish at the time.
anyways tho i feel like that still kicks in and when i get the sense someone is cool and it’d be cool if they thought i was cool too i’m like Well So Then i gotta PLAY it cool!! and then like oh no am i coming across as a jerk? or an trying-to-be-an-intellectual?? i always have a lot of thoughts and i do go off when its like, also tied in to Opinions of mine, so im like, oh no am i coming across as trying to tell someone i think they should think exactly this?? or if i try to Be Witty and Tell Jokes are they just coming off as snarky b/c i hope not especially since a lot of times my actual Lighthearted Snark gets read as “i hate this and think its dumb af” lol. ahhhh i just do not know!! like, i wanna sort of dial back my Warmth b/c i can get enthused fast and i have a tendency to get too attached to ppl too fast, which really only sucks for me, but still!! yet i dont wanna rein it in too much and try to overcompensate and come off like im Eternally Unimpressed and don’t really care and etc etc and just…..idk its wild it’s hard to tell how i may be socializing awkwardly lmao ahhh….and on top of it all, i manage to be godawful at realizing when other ppl actually like me. like, that sort of sounds like The Opposite but i guess its just more of that problem of thinking that im going to always bother people….a lot of times it takes me like, months or a year (or two or three) to realize that someone who willingly interacts w me during that time probably does genuinely like me and is maybe a friend. wrow
uhhhh anyways lord that was all just. tangentially related. im Tangents
UH more to the point!!!! the good news is that yeah i don’t have to think “oh we’re totally real bffs” about anyone to really enjoy and appreciate Our Interactions…..and like i do have real appreciation and gratitude for basically all nice attention lol like, if a single reblog of smthing has kind comments, if someone cool just Likes a few posts, talking on occasion or like, ever at all. cuz for real The Little Stuff has always been a really good thing for years now, especially since there’s been plenty of times i havent really had anything happening In Person that was like….good interactions or ppl who were able to hear my actual thoughts and feelings about whatever and still be interested in interacting with me. cuz in terms of not being isolated and in what i find it easy to talk about and how, Online Interactions have been genuinely important and impactful in a positive way for like a solid decade now since i was able to be consistently Online and have my own accounts and stuff in the first place
so like yeah totally i really do appreciate stuff like that. i think its pretty incredible whenever anybody just like, thinks of me, and likes me. having None Of That Feeling is supremely trash and i so appreciate that i don’t have to feel like there’s nothing and that nobody out there in the world is aware of me, and yet i don’t need it to be that like, anyone is Constantly aware of me and like, intensely invested, cuz that’s just not how it goes lol and even kinda meaning a little bit to someone and having my tiny presence in their life be a positive one is a great thought and i really do appreciate it. Unfortunately for like….my entire life, The Contempt Of Others has been a consistent #thing i’m dealing with and it’s not great!! like yeah fortunately ive had the “felt so bad about myself that it eventually circled back around and now self loathing isnt too much of an issue for me” thing, but it still sucks experiencing it lol…..having any testimonials that like, whatever shit im talking about @ myself is fun to read, or i seem okay, or its fun to talk, etc etc, like thats fantastic really
and the kinds of leaf thoughts too, yeah, that kind of thing is nice to know too lol. i was hoping you were ok like, ten hours before i saw you posting again lol…..we’re out here……..
like yeah ldmbgglh whatever my weird problems are with being overexcited abt any Potential Friendship, and also being bad at realizing if people do like me, and also just being Weird and not great at talking, and overcompensating for whatever and maybe coming across too Coldly when rly im a fiery dumbass, wanting friends but also wanting not to be burned by getting ahead of things and being reminded that most ppl aren’t like, as starved for even just friendly interactions……..i’m better at navigating and handling it in some ways but c’est a m’ess!!! aaaggbfg
really what im trying to say is i do appreciate that sort of thing a lot yeah. i could very well Not be thought of by anybody and that would suck and the fact that i get to know that i am is a really great thing. maybe i couldve said this all better last night cuz i was kinda in my feelings abt Life a little but then also it was in a sort of déspresso way so, maybe this is okay lol….
also i worry i don’t express affection and appreciation enough!!! it’s not that i’m like Oh i don’t want to Commit to Being Friends ew…..it’s that i don’t wanna be the one pressuring someone else into being like uh oh i have to play up being invested in milo!! but then maybe my playing-it-cool just makes other ppl do the same thing or think i don’t care or something. like oh i appreciate this person a ton and think they’re great and they’ve been kind to me but if we only talk so often and obviously im not There for them and involved in their life in the way a ~real friend~ would be, maybe it would just ring hollow to say i love them, for example. lord lol……. it’s all “oh don’t dial down your kindness and affection” and yet also “but don’t wanna inadvertently push other people or Be Weird or get myself invested in something where i don’t mean as much to the other person not cuz they suck but because like, of course im just a fun internet acquaintance, which is fine!!” ahhhhhh the challenges. anyways!!!!!!!
the point is well i do like ppl yeah and i really appreciate ppl liking me. every now and then they do it online or even in person and thats just a Joy and i wish things were more secure!!! i also have to not even necessarily want ppl to get invested in me in case things go to shit too soon or whatever and it doesnt help that ~being open~ means talking abt depressingass stuff sometimes that like, i don’t mind being open about, but i also don’t want to put on other ppl. which, sidenote on that, im feeling relatively alright all these recent months even if im not technically thriving; it’s okay. it’s a hot mess! but that’s just How It Is sometimes!! it’s what it is. and ive had support from ppl in big and small ways that i know i could have had to go without and all the ways ppl are nice to me count for a whole lot and i have appreciated it, and do appreciate it, and will continue to appreciate it.
tldr 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
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