I know we all joke about passing around the same mutual aid $20 bill, but in a polycrisis world, it feels like there's also a parcel of moral support and caring that we pass around between people in different kinds of crisis and hardship, too.
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@vlrny @ShaulaEvans
It is hard to lose anger and pain. Its not a choice, it has to come to you in time. I carry trauma and I mask constantly to deal with it. I carry anger and I use it as fuel because its better than the alternative. Which doesn't make it good. But you will play any hand when its all you are dealt.
I hope your experience leads you to be able at some point to drop your anger and your pain.
Edit: mine too
@MostlyTato @ShaulaEvans thank you for saying all this. 🥲
It's helpful to think of it as something that unfolds not something I push to do (and fail to do).
Hrm.. and also anger as protective energy, maybe can't let go of the anger until I feel more safe.
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@MostlyTato @ShaulaEvans thank you for saying all this. 🥲
It's helpful to think of it as something that unfolds not something I push to do (and fail to do).
Hrm.. and also anger as protective energy, maybe can't let go of the anger until I feel more safe.
For me, anger motivates whereas depression stops you dead in your tracks. Neither is good, but its better to act than to give up. But that's just me. Anger has its consequences. It needs to be left behind in due course and replaced with something better.
I've found that for me its counter productive to to actively try to do something that I find inherently passive. Such things come with time and understanding, not effort or intent.
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For me, anger motivates whereas depression stops you dead in your tracks. Neither is good, but its better to act than to give up. But that's just me. Anger has its consequences. It needs to be left behind in due course and replaced with something better.
I've found that for me its counter productive to to actively try to do something that I find inherently passive. Such things come with time and understanding, not effort or intent.
@MostlyTato @ShaulaEvans
"its better to act than to give up"
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@MostlyTato @ShaulaEvans
"its better to act than to give up"
Amen to that!@vlrny @ShaulaEvans
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
~Arthur AsheFinest words I ever heard, words one can try and live by in every breath. If you have anger, joy, guilt, hope, fear...use it.
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