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Artemis · 12w
Anyone who tells you that only weak people explore their emotions is someone who has been taught to fear their own emotions above all. If you go to those bad places in your mind, you have to deal wit...
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Abuse culture mocks feelings because your emotions are what clue you in to the fact that something is wrong when you are experiencing abuse.

Abuse culture teaches you to ignore what you feel & to run away from anyone or anything that might encourage you to explore your own emotional world.

When people learn to recognize & deal with their trauma, abusers start to lose their power. Can't have that.
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Artemis · 12w
People who want to alienate you from what you feel are never to be trusted. Your feelings do not always represent external, objective reality, but they represent *your* reality, & part of their purpose is to let you know when you are being harmed or you have been harmed in a way that needs a resolu...