giving yourself permission to stop watching the confirmation hearings and catch up another day could help others make the same decision to take a moment to take care of themselves. healing and care are social processes.
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it's not about "being able to handle it" but in exercising agency. you can know what's right for you by listening to your body, which is difficult to do when dissociated or in a freeze response
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if any of what i've written sounds scoldy or condescending i apologize, this is really me talking myself through some stuff with a hope that it might be useful to someone else but I realize everyone processes things differently
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I know that's an important caveat to make when dealing with people's traumas, but it comes across OK.
I got really queasy watching it myself and checked out. Reminded me a bit too much of certain guys I used to know. I can barely imagine the traumatic load for their victims.