shifting into @harlequinean makes several things uncomfortably clear about my ordinary boy personality, maybe the biggest of which is that i deeply believe that i'm not allowed to be happy or have nice things or even want very much, by default, most of the time
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*but* that if i tried very hard i could arrange specific conditions, mostly involving other people (mostly women) showering me with praise and affection, under which i'm allowed to be happy and that the arranging of these conditions has been my dominant psychological motive
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(maybe it's only women really. i never worry that i won't get praise from men - i get that effortlessly - and affection i never expect and never try for)
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WALK ON YOUR KNEES FOR A HUNDRED MILES THROUGH THE DESERT REPENTING YOU ONLY HAVE TO LET THE SOFT ANIMAL OF YOUR BODY LOVE WHAT IT LOVES
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just for fun i'm gonna try reversing all of these
"i have to be good" yes obviously
"i have to walk on my knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting" also yes
"i can't let the soft animal of my body love what it loves" of course
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @harlequinean
i've run into this deep sense of guilt a few times before and never really known what to do with it. there are specific incidents i can point to that trigger it strongly but it feels like it goes back further than any of them
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i have done something monstrous and unforgivable. i... am?... something monstrous and unforgivable. i don't know how to forgive myself (i'm not convinced that this feeling is mine
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resolving this without *actually* doing something monstrous and unforgivable, and thereby *actually* becoming something monstrous and unforgivable, is a good trick, big ups on putting together what looks like a workable strategy for it
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