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· Mar 21, 2021

"I'm having an intense emotion that doesn't seem localized to the details of this situation"

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How do we say the same thing with different vibes? This one gives off a hyperprecise technical vibe and/or hyperarticulated vibe

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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"i'm having feelings and they're not about you or this situation" "i'm having a(n emotional) flashback"

Those both seem good for some cases, tho they feel like they commit me to more than I want to say" A lot of times I don't know where the line between it being "about the person/situation" vs. not is

I could come to like the flashback one, as I establish more of a link between reactions and past events

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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11:41 PM · Mar 21, 2021Twitter Web App

how about "probably not entirely about you or this situation"?

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Yeah that seems good! Lol I just smuggled the precision right back in didn't I? 😅

This is good shit. Good to have these go-tos to help make those intense situations more navigable

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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i mean it's tricky, the thing you want to say just doesn't have a short and widely-understood name other than "triggered" so you have to go into weird amounts of detail depending on how much shared context with whoever you're talking to