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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I believe in the sacredness of bad experiences - that undergoing and processing painful things is inherently valuable and full of meaning, and that stepping directly into the thing that's hard to acknowledge - in both the world and yourself - is the key to growth and peace. So...
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
this is a reason why I sometimes feel sad about social justice. In social justice, bad experiences are not sacred - they must be eliminated. The sense of trauma or grief are treated like enemies instead of important, solemn friends. Pain is excised like a tumor.
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Martin Gentles
@mpgentles
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@Aella_Girl
Ok, forgive me saying this but I think that’s a real first World way of looking at this. For many people their lives are defined by bad experiences and they’d really like to change that.
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Martin Gentles
@mpgentles
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@Aella_Girl
I look forward to reading this. I cannot comment on your experience, but I do know that, for others, similar experiences are things they must exorcise rather than, for lack of a better word, embrace. But I cannot comment with the authority you have.
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Martin Gentles
@mpgentles
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@Aella_Girl
I'd also say that there can be agreement on both our parts. One can say that bad experiences offer the chance elevate the human experience while seeking to minimise and reduce bad experiences themselves. At least I think that's possible. I may be wrong.
Martin Gentles
@mpgentles
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@Aella_Girl
Read the article. While I think you offer a valid alternate narrative that some might find effective for them, I don't believe you've shown that universally speaking the trauma narrative is a negative. I'm not even sure if that was your intention though.