The post isn’t positive or helpful. It reinforces negativity, feeds anger and increases overall stress.
To someone who hasn’t experienced relevant trauma, it may look that way. To those of us who have been through it, just knowing you’re not alone can go a long way. The fact that people are talking about the issues from this post goes to show that what we’ve been through isn’t healthy - and that’s a message some people need to hear before they can overcome said-issues.
If you don’t need reminders that your awful experiences are valid, and that it’s okay to break free from the psychological cages you were put in as a child, consider yourself lucky.
Note that it’s all part of a journey. Dwelling on the past long-term can be harmful, but putting in some deep thought to where you are and how you got there can be crucial for healing from childhood trauma. Commiserating with a post like this might seem depressing to you, but for many of us it is simply an early step toward that eventual goal.
Alright, it’s a difference of perspectives. We walk spread around unevenly on a road unknown.
I won’t delete the comment though, if that’s something you might be asking. But if you think it’s unhelpful, feel free to ask a mod to do it instead .I won’t mind or make a circus out of it.
Oh, no, I wouldn’t ask you to delete anything. I just know that forms of catharsis can look strange to those who don’t experience the same feeling.
Like when someone finds that screaming out to heavy metal songs takes their stress away, while another person hears it and thinks, “How could they listen to something that makes them angry?” The trick is, the music doesn’t “make them angry” at all. Rather, it provides a release to emotional tension that would otherwise still linger around inside a person, leading them to feel calmer in the end.
Posts like this provide a similar role, and that’s all I meant to convey.
To someone who hasn’t experienced relevant trauma, it may look that way. To those of us who have been through it, just knowing you’re not alone can go a long way. The fact that people are talking about the issues from this post goes to show that what we’ve been through isn’t healthy - and that’s a message some people need to hear before they can overcome said-issues.
If you don’t need reminders that your awful experiences are valid, and that it’s okay to break free from the psychological cages you were put in as a child, consider yourself lucky.
Note that it’s all part of a journey. Dwelling on the past long-term can be harmful, but putting in some deep thought to where you are and how you got there can be crucial for healing from childhood trauma. Commiserating with a post like this might seem depressing to you, but for many of us it is simply an early step toward that eventual goal.
Alright, it’s a difference of perspectives. We walk spread around unevenly on a road unknown.
I won’t delete the comment though, if that’s something you might be asking. But if you think it’s unhelpful, feel free to ask a mod to do it instead .I won’t mind or make a circus out of it.
Oh, no, I wouldn’t ask you to delete anything. I just know that forms of catharsis can look strange to those who don’t experience the same feeling.
Like when someone finds that screaming out to heavy metal songs takes their stress away, while another person hears it and thinks, “How could they listen to something that makes them angry?” The trick is, the music doesn’t “make them angry” at all. Rather, it provides a release to emotional tension that would otherwise still linger around inside a person, leading them to feel calmer in the end.
Posts like this provide a similar role, and that’s all I meant to convey.
Looking around, guess it’s easy to misinterpret words and meanings then.