2026-09-02 13:29 UTC
@rl_dane@polymaths.social Oof, yeah, bottling things up usually is a recipies for it to pop some time. I never found being stoic to be very helpful, it's what tipped me over into a huge bout of depression earlier in my life, after that I figured that letting some of it go just is needed, we're only human, we need to vent and get the feelings out somehow, if anyone thinks me weak for it, honestly I don't care, I need it to keep at least a modicum of mental health.
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social 2026-09-02 13:32
@sotolf@polymaths.social Yeah, I'm not sure how I got here. I think part of it is the ADHD hypercompetent response to traumatic events, we turn into heroes when things are crazy bad, and revert to babbling incoherent messes when things are just slightly bad 🤣 Another part of it is trust issues with family and friends. For complicated and unfortunate reasons, I never completely felt comfortable just completely losing my shit around them, and when alone, I just tended to avoid the emotional stuff because it was unbearable. :/ I'm in therapy, though. Hopefully my therapist will slap me around with an emotional 2x4 (5x10cm? 😂) today.