is it possible to ever leave the self imposed cage ive created for myself where my entire existence down to my thoughts and wants has to be modified to cause the least inconvenience to other people
*clueless husk voice* is anyone else stuck in the cave
@caeth they dont even do the fun shadow puppets in the cave anymore, they were so realistic!
@caeth hooogh feel this

@caeth genuinely, yes!

i had some very uncomfortable realisations about how much my not wanting to be an inconvenience was causing me harm when i had a broken ankle and had to be an inconvenience to function

anyway it's hard and i'm still not great at it but i have been practicing saying no and setting boundaries and expressing wants and needs and it does get better