uspol, religious, trauma thoughts
wait did rightoids enjoy their childhood? is this the core difference between us? I would never want to 'go back to a simpler time'. everything sucks now but it would be objectively worse if I still lived with my family or I was still a fundamentalist Christian.
uspol, religious, trauma thoughts
@smitten imo, for a lot of people, childhood was a free and thoughtless time, in which Things Worked The Way They're Supposed To.
that's a very different thing than what we usually think of as "enjoyment." i think they "enjoyed" not having to think about certain things, or not having to worry about certain things. i think they "enjoyed" things feeling like they were in Their Proper Place.
re: uspol, religious, trauma thoughts
@exiliaex I don't disagree with you but even that is something that doesn't match my experience. I was constantly feeling uneasy, trying to keep track of a lot of rules, self-censor, and doing a lot of faking to match people's expectations.
