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im still here bicth

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Steph | 23 | they/she | ig @goregrindlongsleeve
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brought scolipede to a party with me because i need to bring him with me when i get anxious and i thought people might think it was weird but no they think hes cool as fuck

something ive learned is when you become an adult most of your peers dont give a shit about your more peculiar traits and sometimes they actually like these traits. like yeah i was bullied as a kid for bringing a plushie to school but in my 20s everyone thinks its fine in fact people love my epic scolipede

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the key to not having a terribly destabilizing moral freak out when you detect abusive traits and behaviors in yourself is to not put abusive people in the category of evil subhuman who can never be absolved or forgiven.

possible framing questions for examining your own abusive traits and behaviors:

what roles and dynamics and patterns accompany the times when I am abusive? what did I feel when I exhibited power over someone? what was I protecting or avoiding at the time? if I projected something onto someone, what did I need from the fiction I projected? what do I feel when I think about the level of vulnerability required for appropriate and timely repair work?how much support do I need before I can become capable and resilient enough for repair? how do I ensure that those I have harmed are supported by my adherence to whatever boundaries they set?

not “is this forgivable” or “am I forgivable” or “how can I get (x) to forgive me”

a lot of dismissive responses along the lines of “this is well intentioned but unfortunately I am a monster” and “this erases the existence of actual monsters” and I wanted to craft a second set of follow up questions:

  • what is the history of psychiatry and psychiatric care in the united states and the empire of great britain?
  • what was the thinking behind the sexual psychopath laws passed by the hoover administration?
  • what strategy was being employed by hillary clinton’s use of the phrase “super predators”?
  • how were the diagnoses of sociopathy and paranoid schizophrenia used against Black political prisoners in the united states?
  • how were police, police funding, and police-dictated appropriate uses for said funding integrated into the anti domestic violence movement in the united states?
  • at what point did the american anti domestic violence movement shift focus from an intersectional understanding of the socioeconomic forces that cultivate violence against women and children to a view that said that domestic violence could be solved by arresting and imprisoning identifiable abusers?
  • what role did white feminists and their police allies play in this shift?
  • how does violence against women and children materially benefit the state?
  • what policies and measures could be adopted to ensure these material benefits are cultivated and maintained over long periods of time?