• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    The perpetual abuse system of getting hit for crying is a very effective way to teach kids how to dissociate. I can even sit through a Katy Perry concert now.

    • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today
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      7 hours ago

      I sometimes wonder if my preference for stoicism and grey rocking is because of that. God forbid any emotions at the dinner table.

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      20 hours ago

      I just call my dissociation meditation (I wasn’t abused, I’m just mentally ill).

    • Stamets@lemmy.worldOP
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      18 hours ago

      Neither can I but that’s because the entire time I’d be trying to devise a way to send the bitch back into space

      Edit: Derp. I thought you said you can’t. I need sleep.