Eff your "trauma"

[brimic]

I think that's considered to be repressing your feelings or something.

I'll never understand why some people want an audience when they cry, but seems that's like the thing to do these day, be it a shrink or everyone you friended on FB.

*shrug*

To me it sounds like what happens when we have 20+ years of oprah, dr. feel and various other purveyors of pop psychology and overinflated self-esteem- everyone has an affliction to talk about, and if you don't its because you are to afflicted to admit it. 

[vaskidmark]

I sometimes wonder how much of the difference comes from just being raised and/or naturally inclined to go off somewhere and do the socially unacceptable things that help one get past the initial effects; cry, break (your own) *expletive deleted*it, scream, generally throw a tantrum, or sit and stare blankly without interruptions.  There's a lot to be said for taking anywhere from a couple minutes (annoying person) to a week (loss of a loved one) alone to get that part out of your system and be ready to get on with life.

Someone once explained to my why life sucks - it keeps us from floating off into space.

PTSD is a biotch at the best of times, and kicks butt at other times.  I'm never going to "forget" what I did and saw, and so far experience tells me that trying to shove it in a room and lock it there just pisses it off.  I understand that - finally (kinda, sorta).  But not only do I hate listening to myself whine and moan and thow a pity party, but even more so I seem to hate having folks hold me and pat my hand/head and tell me "There, there, it'll be all better" when they have no freaking idea of what "it" is.  It's not a question of "not giving in" because I've done that more than once.  It's more that life seems to have more stuff for me to do.

Those "traumatized" snowflakes seem to me to have nothing better to do.

But then I'm biased.

stay safe.

[KD5NRH]

But not only do I hate listening to myself whine and moan and thow a pity party, but even more so I seem to hate having folks hold me and pat my hand/head and tell me "There, there, it'll be all better" when they have no freaking idea of what "it" is.

Even with the ones who do understand what "it" is perfectly, I would rather they back way the hell off and wait for me to have my alone time first.  Sure, a hug might be a big help later, but if you try it too soon, you're just a big squishy, reactive target when I'm looking for something to punch.  Tell me where you'll be when I'm done, then keep a safe distance.

[Viking]

Those "traumatized" snowflakes seem to me to have nothing better to do.

But then I'm biased.

stay safe.

The majority of these people act offended or hurt or traumatized for two reasons: oppression points, and to steer the discourse by setting the rules for what is and what is not allowed to be discussed.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I go off and hide, I have my little meltdown and let my brain reboot.

Seems to work well enough. I'm getting on to 31 and I haven't offed myself yet, so there is that.

And, I have noted that if people do find me (or just are around when I can't hold it out) the ones that just sit with me and not say anything do much more good then the ones that try to "fix" what's wrong.

As Kaylee said, "some things just can't be fixed". The special snowflakes not only can't have their feelings get hurt, but when they do get hurt it has to get "fixed", and never mind that feelings get hurt and that doesn't always get "fixed" is just a fact of life.

[MechAg94]

I think we have all seen spoiled little kids who don't cry until they think "mommy" is paying attention or to get mommy to pay attention.  Fast forward that thinking with no zero maturity into physical adulthood. 

What other maturity lessons did they NOT learn?  That is almost scary to think about.

[lee n. field]

As Kaylee said, "some things just can't be fixed". The special snowflakes not only can't have their feelings get hurt, but when they do get hurt it has to get "fixed", and never mind that feelings get hurt and that doesn't always get "fixed" is just a fact of life.

Worth repeating.

[vaskidmark]

http://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2015/01/04/counter-culture-2015-lets-be-offensive/

Andrew Klaven speaks truth - terrible, hateful, hurtful truth:

And so we will have to offend people. A lot of people. A lot of the time.

I mention this because I notice the idea has grown up recently — especially among the young — that offending people is wrong per se. This idea — taught at universities and in entertainments and in the media — is wholly false. Rudeness and unkindness are very often unnecessary — much less necessary than many counter-cultural warriors suppose — but offending people is unavoidable. It is a natural outgrowth of telling the truth.

stay safe.

[AJ Dual]

Sucks being a Libertarian, when it's so painfully blatantly obvious we need the purge. (not the B.S. movie, a real purge) And knowing that actually getting to purge would just fail harder, and destroy the liberty of those who remained anyway.

Catch-22, Kobiashi Maru.

*expletive deleted*ck.

[Phyphor]

This is me, right now.

At about the 13 second mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQVaupPS80

[230RN]

Talk about resolving microaggressions...

I've often thought of starting a pie fight company.

Tentative business model to be fleshed out:

You go in and drape an organization's largest conference room with tarpaulins, provide the folks with coveralls, and provide ten (at least) cream pies for each individual and let them have at it.

Then you go in and clean the place up for them.

Expenses:  Cream pies, coveralls, tarps, removing and storing fragiles, cleanup crew, insurance, "No Guns" signs.

Income:  What the market will bear.

Franchisees, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-spBDcJyk

You know, just watching that relieves me of a few milliaggressions.

Terry

[KD5NRH]

I've often thought of starting a pie fight company.

We did a pie-in-the-face fundraiser one time, since one of our people worked for some mega-grocery type place.  It got pretty revolting when they got to the squid cream pie that had been sitting in the heat for ~10 hours.

[230RN]

I was thinking of canned whipped cream on cardboard plates prepared just before the event.

[Scout26]

Plank Length Aggression -- the theoretical smallest possible agression

Sorry, but I think String Aggresion theory with be the unifier....