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So many children crying alone,

Kept in houses that aren't homes,

Like precious gems,

Slowly turning to stone.

#Poetry #Children #Abuse #Trauma #Childhood trauma

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Shia LeBouf's confession is interesting. Is he just saying what people want to hear because he's found himself in a corner and has realised he has nowhere else to go?

In a way I don't think it really matters, because he's modelling the correct behaviour of someone who has treated people badly and wants to reform. Therefore we should give him the opportunity to prove he has actually changed.

Accountability is hard. We all want to believe we're good people, but at times all of us fail to meet that standard. It's a natural response to try to justify our behaviour to ease feelings of guilt. True self-esteem allows you to see and acknowledge your own failings, as opposed to narcissistic self-esteem which is delusional in nature and needs to deny those failings.

#shia lebouf #abuse #Patriarchy #Sexual assault #Cheating #Psychology #Healing #Narcissism #me too

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Disaster storms in,

Ending the life I knew,

Frail and weak,

I find it hard to speak,

To remember my needs,

As a cruel world,

Stampedes over us all,

The ones left in the rubble,

As the others battle,

Taking what they can,

Nothing to spare,

Not even a glance,

As we lay in pain on the ground,

Preventable pain,

But there's no time for healing,

When we're all just surviving.

#Poem #Poetry #Capitalism #Health #Covid19

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Half the men are rapists and half are terrified of being falsely accused of rape to the point that they don't believe women when they say they were raped

#sexual assault #Rape #Abuse #feminism #toxic masculinity #Toxic relationships #Society

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Some might think strong emotions make you crazy, but they're one step less crazy than denial, suppression and distortion of reality.

#Psychology #Mental health #Mental illness #Emotions #Denial

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If we're all eventually reincarnated as everyone, then karma is real, because we will experience the results of our actions from all perspectives. Therefore by bringing what is perceived as good into the world, we will experience the rewards of our actions, and so too with what is perceived as bad.

#reincarnation #karma #philosophy #metaphysics #multiverse

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Some thoughts on consciousness that may or may not be original, but we are all the same consciousness anyway so what does it matter?

I think a good analogy for consciousness is water. Our bodies and minds are the container holding the water of consciousness. This would mean all conscious beings are the same at the core. That is if you define a being by its consciousness rather than it's anatomy. That's fair enough too if you would prefer to define a being by their body, thoughts, ego, personality etc. But if all those things existed without consciousness, what would be the point? A person would exist only to the conscious beings around them.

A type of reincarnation is possible if consciousness is fluid and always moving. One consciousness blends into another seamlessly. Maybe a better way to think of it than reincarnation is multiple concurrent existences, perhaps both as other versions of ourselves and as other people.

This would mean the only thing that gives the impression of a continuous existence as an individual is our stored memories in the physical body, which I think don't define us, as that is more like a computer storing memory. Theoretically we could wake up as a different person every day and never know. Or every second we could be a different person and never know.

To get a bit more metaphysical, perhaps in the present moment all possibilities exist (as quantum physics seems to suggest), and it is only the past that branches off into a stored reality.

And now my brain is broken.

#philosophy #Consciousness #psychology #Metaphysics #Time #Simulation #Existence #Death #Reincarnation

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To those in abusive relationships, you can do so much better, trust me. And your abuser knows that too.

#abuse #psychology #feminism #Narcissism #relationships #toxic

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Spending too much time around toxic people will not only harm you, but it can often make you toxic too. A lot is at stake, so if you're in a toxic situation, get out. You're not doing anything wrong by leaving.

#psychology #toxic behavior #wellbeing #ethics

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'man dam': the wall men put up around their emotions so they don't have to come to terms with how they really feel

#gender #feminism #psychology #emotions #toxic masculinity

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Expecting someone to perform emotional labour for you and not showing appreciation is a form of entitlement. Emotional work is real work.

#feminism #emotional labor #psychology #boundaries #sexism

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gameshow called 'pride or prejudice' in which the contestants are presented with a gay joke and have to guess if it was made by a queer person or a homophobe

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Lower your expectations but raise your standards

#relationships #psychology #humanity #human behavior #standards

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Emotional abusers fuck with your emotions and then be like: "why are you so emotional?"

#Abuse #Emotional #Gaslighting #psychology #relationships #emotional abuse

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Evil will never win because it is unsustainable and will always destroy itself. The most it can hope for is nothingness.

#good vs. evil #ethics #Philosophy #religion #humanity

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I have to believe love means there is something significant about two souls meeting, that goes beyond the present life. Otherwise it all seems too harsh and cruel. Sometimes you might love someone but not be compatible with them in their current form. But there is still some reason for your meeting and being in love, however briefly. I don't think it can just come down to chemicals, since love can disappear as quickly as it appears. And I don't think it's just a mental thing either, because sometimes it just doesn't make any sense.

#Love #Philosophy #psychology #Romance

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Women have far more reasons to be angry than men, and yet we aren't allowed to express our anger, while they are.. Seems unfair

#Sexism #Anger #Psychology #Gender #social expectations #feminism