well I would say imaginary friend and OC are almost indistinguishable in denotation but have very different connotations, so there can be more vague usefulness in communication
I disagree. labels can be comforting for some individuals, even if they are not easily understood by others
@Milk - jump
funny you say that, wonder if you considered this:
If you give the label a power to comfort gou, you give the power to others to cause you harm by invalidating you
Address the need for label instead, all you get is freedom and long term benefits
I disagree. labels can be comforting for some individuals, even if they are not easily understood by others
@Milk - jump
funny you say that, wonder if you considered this:
If you give the label a power to comfort gou, you give the power to others to cause you harm by invalidating you
Address the need for label instead, all you get is freedom and long term benefits
I think that people invalidating you can be harmful even if you don't identify with the label. It's their intention that matters rather the label. Although I could imagine that not identifying with the label can help you ignore such acts of invalidation.
I think that people invalidating you can be harmful even if you don't identify with the label. It's their intention that matters rather the label. Although I could imagine that not identifying with the label can help you ignore such acts of invalidation.
i mean depending on how you define "rude" you can legislate against peoples rights. You dont have to identify as trans to suffer from things like the anti-trans legislation happening in the southern US and elsewhere, as its not just trans people who need things like HRT, puberty blockers, surgeries etc
it can be. people with chronic illnesses who need those sort of resources usually have that chronic illness as part of their identity because of how it affects them daily
Yeah, people can react to other's labels too. Not just things they identify themselves with. How they react to being invalidated about labels also depends on individual.
If you give the label a power to comfort gou, you give the power to others to cause you harm by invalidating you
I agree with the fact about giving labels power though. The level of power you give them certainly correlates with the level of discomfort you can feel while being invalidated.
I gave them a decently long history of tulpamancy and how it’s only tangentially related to Buddhism. And they responded with a vague “I’ll make up my ideals with more research”
I tried to explain how people sometimes stumble into tulpamancy without knowing a thing about the term/community but who knows if it got across to them
Well even within the broader “witchcraft” community, there’s consensus that certain practices are closed and shouldn’t be partaken in unless you come from that culture or are initiated into the practice. Mostly because of the history of how those practices were treated.
It’s not that “some things aren’t for x y z” it’s that “this practice was nearly wiped out and holds special significance to a specific group who fought not to keep the practice from being destroyed completely”
It’s not that “some things aren’t for x y z” it’s that “this practice was nearly wiped out and holds special significance to a specific group who fought not to keep the practice from being destroyed completely”
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