honestly a really good social rule of thumb is to not interrupt people. to notice the urge to interrupt and just drop the impulse
regular interruption is such a social atmosphere pollutant
give people space to surprise and delight and they will
the only exception to this is
it’s interesting to encounter people who think the relationships formed on this website are trite. someone i met here traveled from multiple states away to attend my father’s wake. we’re not all using the same website.
my entire circle of irl friends met on this site and formed the neighborhood we live in. my partner and i met thru a mutual. last night i talked for 6 hrs w friends i met on here, got deep reflections, solved life problems, laughed til we hurt
so much gratitude for you people
hello, i'm v good at asking questions. it's one of the things i get most complimented on
i think what i do is simple & easy for anyone to do:
1. i listen
2. notice what i'm curious about
3. ask what i'm curious about without filtering
4. when people ask me questions i like, i
the question i'm most interested in is sme variation of: how can i human beautifully?
humaning beautifully =
• baseline of psychological ease, wellness & emotional stability
• connection & joy in relationships
• the ability to express myself freely
• physical fluency & ease
story on processing anxiety ↓
the stories themselves are a little cheesy, as AI writing tends to be, but they do a good job of getting the process across
i find i learn effortlessly through story so i'd like to experiment with turning process into such little stories https://t.co/uLYaR9CVZn
there are 2 (main) ways to work with emotional bottlenecks*:
1. direct emotional processing –– deliberately feel the emotion you're avoiding
2. reality engaged processing i.e. processing emotion thru action –– create tiny, manageable encounters with the scary situation & let