Whats up supporters?
Added 2021-04-19 21:26:36 +0000 UTC
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I wanna co-sign Situational Therapy as a theme. For me it was a new concept when I came across your work on tik tok, I looked it up, it makes a lot of sense but is still kind of nebulous. I like when you tell stories because it helps to clarify and stitch together different parts of the larger fabric of this conversation... You have supporters of varying ages, races, backgrounds, and family types, I think most of us believe in mostly the same things--that's why we're all here. But there are big differences too. The stories, the situations illustrated, that's what helps us all to make meaning and to make connections.
Danielle Bendorf
2021-04-23 06:38:50 +0000 UTCWhen I found you, I was still very confused about my mental health. I saw firsthand how racist & ableist classrooms were, day after day as I'd float in as a substitute teacher, quietly observing which were the "problem kids" who clearly hadn't been allowed to be children. Before "meeting" you, I didn't think about being hit as a child. I had a conversation last summer with a friend about being spanked, and we both agreed it was just a normal part of growing up, right? I knew that punishment was an ineffective way to teach, and that ACAB. I knew the prison system was working as intended. I was starting to understand that I am not a person to be possessed or to possess others. I think what your page has brought to my attention is that my body has been conditioned to be consumed, used, discarded if not "useful." And that we see medical and health professionals enforce these ideas through pathologization of behaviors. That capitalism and colonialism aren't just "out in the world" but very much in my mind, and to varying degrees everyone's minds and hearts. So now I keep facing everyday wanting to find curiosity, but meeting myself at the same expectation to be useful or productive. This is where I feel stuck, and today I tried really hard to fight it. I went on a walk and did breathing exercises for 20-30 minutes. Listening to music, and counting my breath 4 counts in, hold 2 counts, exhale 8 counts, hold 2 counts, repeat. It left very little for thoughts. I think this helped.
mel
2021-04-22 03:03:05 +0000 UTCWe are here listening! As for theme, I think of "situational therapy" as the central theme. I believe the mental health system mass gaslights people into seeing valid responses to bad situations are craziness. I believe society at large is comfortable putting so much power in the hands of the mental health system because we trust them and believe they are making objective, scientific decisions. I see this community as the antidote.
Layla
2021-04-20 05:06:15 +0000 UTCI'm not sure what you mean by where I'm at or what I'm doing, but I'm currently crocheting a sock. I believe you're doing good work, so I'll probably be around for at least a little while. I appreciate your perspective on parenting and how our childhood treatment affects our adult lives. I hope to use this new knowledge to like, untangle some of this stuff in me and become a better person.
Alfie
2021-04-20 00:44:55 +0000 UTCIt was interesting to me that you said that you didn't feel like you had a streamlined idea where you were coming from because I perceived it really differently. What I hear you talking about is a platform that's based around attachment theory that's decolonized and homeopathic and I think all of the different ideas that you talked about show up there. I think it's about creating a platform that allows people to access not necessarily attachment theory but experiences of positive attachment that allow them to build out within their own lives so that they're free from the systems that are actively trying to repress them and terrorize them. And I'm 32 and I found you on tiktok yelling at people for hitting their children and helping me understand why my mom's life coach grosses me out.
Jordan blough-orr
2021-04-19 22:02:23 +0000 UTCHi! I found you on tik tok. I am a 39 y/o childless white lady who was hit a lot as a kid, and so there is something about watching you be unconcerned about fragile parents that is just kind of magical and healing. I have just started going over to watch your YouTube as well. I’m relieved I’m able to support you because I feel like you are already doing something for me.
Jen Ginsburg
2021-04-19 21:32:50 +0000 UTC
