It seems almost all people who respond to me have been victimized and dehumanized in life somehow, Is this a reflection of my experience or reality? And if it's all true, why do we wonder why we have a broken world?

Jan 13, 2020 · 3:09 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
Maybe misery loves company, or broken people are attracted to other broken people.
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For me it's more the latter. I don't really want to have to explain myself to people who haven't faced their own mortality much less the losses of friends and family as we age. As for misery loving company, I have doctors telling me to join widow grief support at the V.A. Um, no.
Replying to @mholzschlag
No shortage of misery in the world. Some of us prefer to band together to ease the burden instead of joining in the cycle of victimization.
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I would defend that self-deprecating statement about your courage to you. Sensitive people build defenses that we sometimes don't outgrow in sync with life's changes. Jumped by a gang and bullied is trauma and everyone deals with it differently. And usually not very well, alas.
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