Why do we make these determinations of how much you're "allowed" to be hurt by something in the emotional or psychological sense When we all know in the physical world it's a matter of sheer dumb luck Why is it a referendum on how worthy you are as a person
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There are people who fall out of a damn airplane and their parachute doesn't open and they smash into the ground in an open field, and they live There are people who slip and fall in the shower and instantly die It's random, it's all these unknowable factors of physics
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There is an *average* length of time it takes to recover from trauma, maybe, but not really a *normal* one The variance is extreme, and unpredictable Some people seem to recover very quickly, and are "back on their feet" in a month Some people *never* recover Either one is ok
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People in Group A aren't unfeeling bastards who never loved the person they lost And people in Group B aren't delicate snowflakes who don't deserve to be coddled You never know what kind of reaction you'll have until it's your body hitting the ground
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And all the contextual nuance going on at the time of impact.
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It's s little different but, along the lines of Group A & B, I was very & uncharacteristically dispassionate about my daughter's surgery, to the point I started to wonder if something was wrong with me. As soon as the call came that it went well, all of the emotion appeared. ...
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Something kept me clear-headed, it felt, until it was safe to feel everything and just break down in tears.
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It really make sense to me, specifically when I have flare ups. I can manage my mental conditions well the same way one ensures they don't pull a muscle during workout, but those moments are like spraining an ankle and being unable to put weight on it for a while.
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Good way to think about it. It's bad that so many people will make you explain and justify why.... anything. And I wish "I can't adult today, for real" was an acceptable reason for calling in sick, because wow its strong some days.
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