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OK after reflecting on this, I think there's categories of details I've been treating differently without fully realizing it. It's easy to share fun/unusual details, or very painful ones I've come to terms with, but much harder to share active, salient, close-to-home things.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I think I'd normally overshare lots of details about my life but the eerie lack of other ppl doing so in my follower count range makes me think there's some good reason not to
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
if you can put it in a stand up comedy routine, I'm down to share, even if it's real shocking or intimate. if you wanna hear about my journey healing from the trauma of childhood abuse, let's do it. but if I have sick family? relationship status changes? that feels weird.
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maybe because the first two have concrete, somewhat impersonal ways they could be interesting to others? like sheer entertainment or a useful case study. Active personal life stuff feels more like... why am I telling you? do I care what you think? very vulnerable.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
like, the first two, if you dislike it you're disliking my performance of a typically successful skill, and that doesn't feel threatening. but personal stuff isn't a skill, it's me. I am confused about why I feel so resistant to being vulnerable in that way.
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