You know, I am going through some stressful things right now, have opted into living with a friend and his family for reasons, and frequently have to retreat from people. But their kids don't trigger me. Neither do their animals.
What is your theory why? I would really like to hear what other people think, or if this is not a universal experience? Is there an age where it wears off?
@Urban_Hermit I often feel like I can't give whatever the people around me need. Or I feel judged.
Kids and animals understandably don't have this affect.
ymmv
@liquor_american
agreed. adult humans who are susceptible to systemic oppression (often vapidly referred to as "normal") wall themselves in teeny boxes dissonant with reality to be the good consumers the system expects them to be.
i find it exhausting to engage with the cognitive dissonance most of them embrace.
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