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I am grateful to have wandered away from a place where cruelty passed for connection. You all relentlessly body shame and talk shit for what …fun? What a miserable way to live.
I have spent years carrying grief, untangling trauma, and building this little life for myself. Yeah I’m a little weirdo and my anxiety can be off-putting but I know I am kind, interesting, a beautiful person. It took a while but I found my people. They like art and music and sharing their crafts. They speak honestly of their struggles and are supportive. They meet the world with tenderness and understanding.
You all chose judgment over kindness, superiority over connection, I carry no desire to follow you there. I don’t need to become bitter to understand what bitterness does.
I hope, sincerely, that whatever pain you have faced that makes you shame and diminish others one day heals. I hope you discover that there is far more joy in building people up than tearing them down. I hope you learn that love is not scarce, that belonging is not earned through cruelty, and that there is enough beauty here for all of us.
I wish you all well but I am so glad I have decided not to be the object of your harm.—Anonymous