Even when someone really *is* weak — most of us at some point find ourselves sick, resource-poor, utterly confused & psychologically paralyzed — it often helps, I think, to look at them and try to see someone who can and WILL be strong, whose pain matters but doesn't define them
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oh, yes. i think that's part of why i recommend gentle check-ins like this one -- it doesn't call attention to people's vulnerabilities, but still has a disproportionately positive effect on people trapped in "no one cares about me, I don't matter" spiralshttps://twitter.com/KivrinAiun/status/1005832872371073024 …
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