elodieunderglass:

thisisntmyrealhair:

blissfollower:

meeresbande:

I just realised that our parents LITERALLY NEVER showed the slightest bit of interest in any of our hobbies or interests except when we picked up their hobbies or it was for school. Everything else was always, automatically annoying, bothersome and a waste of time and silly.

10 years later we still feel convinced that what we like will only ever be annoying and bothersome to others.

What’s fucked me up is that I’ve only recently realized that I actually isolate myself by hiding my hobbies and interests from pretty much everyone I know in real life in order to avoid potential ridicule.

Like, oh shit, that pattern of behavior…where I only share my interests with folks online…that comes right from feeling like there was no one else I could share my interests with back when I was a teenager.

Reading this helped me realize that I did the same thing for the longest time. Tbh I still do it. I’m still afraid to talk too much about the stuff I’m interested in to people that I love and trust. This is one of the hallmarks of childhood emotional neglect that can impact your relationships for decades if you’re unaware of this behavior and where it comes from.

I think this is one reason why my Tumblr is such a wild swing, where my presence is either 10,000 word rants that come across as weirdly aggressive, or shyly and silently reblogging a gifset of something I love. I either go Too Hard over something too small, or stay completely silent about something I love very much, lest someone take it from me and destroy it.Β 

there’s textual evidence for scooby doo being attracted to both humans and regular non-talking dogs and i, don’t like it, i hate it, i don’t want to watch a show being haunted by unanswered questions about Dog Consent

closet-keys:

I don’t trust anybody who positions lesbians & bi women as inherently in conflict tbh. I’m so tired of the generalizations & stereotypes of either identity being used to fuel infighting, especially now that I’m in a point in my life where I do have a rich, healthy & loving wlw community. I wish everyone would commit to not projecting bad experiences with one group of lesbians/bi women to literally every woman on earth who shares that identity label. We’re all just women who love womenβ€” if there’s anything inherent in us it is that we’re fated to be lovers and comrades, not enemies.