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  • ashinadash [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Imagine being a committed revolutionary instead of being too anxious to go outside :^)

    lfg

    Ohhhhh, okay that's not all that weird actually. Maybe ever so slightly judgemental? But I also can't comprehend how anyone likes being a man. Thing is, I don't have to, and just dw about it. People like being how they be and that's that. Glad it doesn't hurt you anymore though, that sucks. Also yeah, I find myself physically "people-watching" all the time, partly as a brainworm antidote - I find observing average, realistic human bodies helpful ig. I can fret over hip width and arm length or whatever, but like, women outside who are probably cis often match my measurements. It Is Fine.

    Banger, post here if/when you do read it!

    • QueerCommie [she/her, fae/faer]
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      4 months ago
      saving space idk

      Imagine being a committed revolutionary instead of being too anxious to go outside :^)

      That’s the “one” thing about all the anxieties I found I didn’t have on my recent mental health journey/hyperfixation. I’m anxious, but I’ll walk aimlessly or do whatever if the impulses are right, and assume I’ll be fine eventually. I do a lot of shit that would worry a neurotypical.

      I find myself physically "people-watching" all the time, partly as a brainworm antidote - I find observing average, realistic human bodies helpful ig

      I suppose it’s an extra background stimulus while I think and do multiple other things. That’s probably the best way to go about it. I rarely do, but I guess rather than simply looking for beauty in everyone and not liking when I don’t find it (lmao), I could just recognize more that perfection isn’t real, and if people can live with themselves (although some probably have self hate) that’s ok and I should just be happy I look better than them (real narcissist hours, lol). It’s probably not best to dwell on one’s own subjective superiority, but…

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      I’m also always figuring out how I can be better, trying not lean into dissatisfaction either. It’s ok, it’s a dialectic.

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        4 months ago
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        Yeah almost everyone has something about them they don't like, perfection is a concept sold as normative beauty standards so that people keep buying into beauty products and processes. I never really got the "at least I look better than them" thought, I kind of hate punching-down thought like that. Not a competition, really.

        Honestly my biggest takeaway from people-watching is that dimorphism in humans is not that pronounced and you could very feasibly shoot estrogen into a lot of guys and get good results sicko-lea

        • QueerCommie [she/her, fae/faer]
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          4 months ago

          Fair enough, I’m kind of on the positive end of insanity right now and I couldn’t stop admiring my looks last night, so… Societal standards of “perfection” are stupid. Meanwhile, by my own standards I’m like 90% perfect, just working out the kinks, can always get better. Intellectually I don’t really believe in my superiority, but it’s an interesting thing to get over. Especially, when my ego isn’t fragile like many “big” ones. If I can’t do something, that’s really fine with me, but if I care to try I’ll try. I’m trying to learn metta. I know psychedelics are supposed to help kill your ego, but I feel like I just had all my realizations for now in my natural high.