DessertStorms

Fellow ace, and late diagnosed neurodivergent (autistic) woman here 👋
Funny how in a comment about finding your people you find your people haha

I’ve felt much of the same things you describe, never even got to the point where anyone recognised any trauma (and there is much), they just kept telling me it was my fault and to “just be normal”.

I no longer seek therapy because I had so many bad experiences, and I actually need it, but the process of finding someone that really “gets it” is impossible for me right now.

I think the best many of us can do is try to surround ourselves with likeminded people, who might not be trained, but can at least validate our feelings in that we aren’t “going crazy” - the world really is going to shit and there is exploitation and oppression everywhere, and our reaction is perfectly normal, and that if we do actually have a mental illness, are able to be supportive and loving and accepting of us, which is massively important in treating mental illness anyway (and what so so many people lack). And if not possible irl, then online is perfectly valid too.

It isn’t just you.

Here in the UK the now king (🤮) has a long history being the patron of a homeopathy charity 🤦‍♀️

To add to the good point argv made, far too many therapists (and other healthcare professionals) on both sides of mainstream politics believe that it’s all down to personal responsibility and refuse to address the systemic issues we face for what they are - massively oppressive and entirely beyond our control.

It’s unfortunately what you get when the medical institution is as bias and even bigoted as the rest of society. :/

I agree, and while I’m not in a position to run a community myself, it would be really great to have spaces here like r/PsychotherapyLeftists and r/MutualSupport where there is a supportive community with an understanding of how oppression and the world becoming more dystopic every day impacts our mental health

Meanwhile, and I hate to link to reddit (plus the site crashes every time I open it) but these resources might be helpful:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PsychotherapyLeftists/comments/ix7zuh/how_do_i_find_a_leftist_therapist/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MutualSupport/comments/bw6mcu/very_important_resources_and_information_for/

But your right, it’s trying to incite class war.

Ah yes, it is well known that those fighting back against oppression are in fact the ones inciting war!

Daddy Husk isn’t going to see you defending him and whisk you away to his castle dear, and you might actually choke if you suck that boot any harder, looks from here like the wannabe edgelord schtick isn’t really paying off… 🤣

Lmfao, brings up DV stats about housed men shooting the women they live with after years of ongoing violence and abuse all directed towards the one person they end up shooting, to prove, what point exactly, about homeless people???

Maybe get your head out of your ass and admit you might not know what you’re talking about?
No?
I didn’t think so, but it was worth a try…
Either way, you’re full of shit, and at the very least are a wilfully ignorant classist who thinks they know better than those with the actual lived experience.
You don’t.

[citation needed]

I’d love to see this comparison between homeless and housed people, but let me save you time - A. homeless people shoot significantly less people and B. most shootings aren’t done by those with mental illness.

But don’t let reality get in the way of your bad and privileged take…

Well being homeless isn’t safe either, and while it’d be much nicer if no one was homeless, they are, and they deserve the same level not only of safety, but also autonomy.
I bet you’ve never bothered piping up about guns not being safe when housed people are being discussed, that’s what you should be focused on, not your paternalistic urge to control what others you feel superior to, do.

I’m well aware of the issues faced by homeless people, and none of that negates anything I’ve said, if anything, it actually strengthens my point - highlighting just how much more vulnerable and more at risk of being victimised they are. Mentally ill people are at a much higher risk of being the victims of violence than the perpetrators of it.

We’re also not talking about ideals here because in an ideal world people wouldn’t be homeless, but they are, and they deserve to be able to defend themselves with a weapon of their choice.

Maybe instead of worrying about the “unstable” homeless people, worry about the circumstances that put them there and the people who actively act to harm them (the government, the police, NIMBY’s, and so on)? I guarantee that’s a much better track to change.

Sure, if that worked for you, fine, but that doesn’t mean other people wouldn’t want to keep it. Being homeless is really fucking dangerous.

I don’t disagree about guns, but even saying “just in case” at this point is pretty ridiculous.
Not only can fascism never be voted away, even if it was somehow possible, we’re about a decade or two past that point now.
Just frustrated that people still say stuff like that as if it was ever even an option.

The idea actually has plenty of merit, on both sides - homeless people absolutely are in desperate need for tools of self defence, but also if anything has proven to get the NRA to support tighter gun control it’s people they consider “undesirable” arming themselves.

I’m all for marginalised people being armed, but there is also no doubt that “gun culture” in the US is an entity of its own (evident not only by the numbers and kinds of guns owned compared to other countries, but also the sheer number of shootings that happen) that is running rampant and needs getting rid of.

Guns should be treated as the tool and a last resort they are, not the basis for someone’s whole personality.

We need to win elections and defeat fascism.

Laughs in all of history

They really were fantastic to have in a moment of frustration or rage - there’s nothing like ending a conversation by throwing your phone at the wall/floor and watching it smash in to a dozen pieces, all of which you can later collect, easily put back together, and switch it back on for it all to be perfectly fine.

Was great in those days of teenage drama, though I would honestly love to have something as robust nowadays, some calls really do deserve that kind of treatment lol