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#but my god if you keep wearing this persona of suffering as your defense mechanism it’s going to become inseparable from you and not only
debrouiller · 2 years
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not to be cynical but i feel like there is such a culture of misery online
#not me though i curate my experience 🥰#but no i mostly mean ‘relatable content’ is almost always about suffering#and i think sometimes people assume that everyone else is feeling the same discontentment as they are and just feed that back into the#environment#i see this mostly on content that breaches containment from twitter and tiktok onto my tumblr dash/ig explore page but that’s not to say ig#it* doesn’t exist elsewhere#this is a silly but easily-comes-to-mind example: that ‘i can’t get therapy or i won’t be funny anymore’ mindset#where does that come from and how do we kill it.#first off no one who says this is actually that funny#secondly#you can always find new ways to get along with people and enjoy their company without relying 100% on humor#which is likely self deprecating anyway#it’s simply more important for you to be happy + healthy + growing rather than stagnant in a mediocre state of being#and i can’t say this goes for everyone but for me at least i make more jokes when i’m in a good mood and having fun#i’ve gone kinda off topic but i would love to see people come around and realize that they don’t have to be tragic unusual figures in order#to matter#you can be unusual in a positive way too!#or you could accept that you might be basic and you might not be that distinct#that’s ok too!#but my god if you keep wearing this persona of suffering as your defense mechanism it’s going to become inseparable from you and not only#does that make your life less enjoyable but it keeps other people from engaging with you#case in point: if i see someone acting like this with no sense of irony/intent to get better#i don’t interact#whatever i’m talking too much#i think the original post was kind of a vague gesture in the direction of what i was thinking and the tags filled in the roadmap a bit#o
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