Narrative Designer at @SumoDigitalLtd Notts 
MCV 30 Under 30 2021 She/her. This is a personal account and views expressed are mine alone.
Możesz dodawać lokalizację do Twoich Tweetów, jak miasto czy konkretne miejsce, z sieci lub innych aplikacji. W każdej chwili możesz usunąć historię lokalizacji swoich Tweetów. Dowiedz się więcej
I’ve never heard that before. But you know what? It’s bullshit. Showing vulnerability, especially for a lot of men, I think, in the current ‘man up’ culture, is incredibly difficult, but also admirable and a necessary step towards healing.
I wonder if it’s a British thing, but here we seem to see adversity as almost a good thing. Someone who’s overcome adversity is admired, and rightly so. But also I think it’s lead some to believe that adversity is desirable and necessary in order to be admired.
Nobody claps you on the back for being happy and having had nothing to overcome. And let’s face it, we all like a clap on the back. I’m NOT saying that people don’t genuinely struggle, and I’m not saying people fake. I’m saying that this might be a contributing factor to why we
...are all so god damn depressed, why we don’t seem to want not to be, even though it literally kills us. I don’t know, maybe what I’m saying is problematic but I’m just thinking out loud.
honestly i think its a male thing in general regardless of where youre from, were taught not to show our weakness, like the whole idea of "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words wont hurt me" but in reality words can kill you far more than objects can 1/2
the pain you feel from objects will last for sometime but the way someone talks about you or insults you, regardless of what you do it;ll always eat you inside because we're not good enough to be taken seriously, or we arent "It" can ruin lives alot more 2/2
Twitter jest przeciążony lub wystąpił chwilowy problem. Spróbuj ponownie lub sprawdź status Twittera, aby uzyskać więcej informacji.
