Robin InceEver since the Monkey Cage betrayal and debacle , I’ve realised that maintaining my tenacity and having some confidence in the future has required even more teeth gritting. Self belief is a precarious notion. When it slips out of your hands it really can fall a long way down into the stinky water of the well.
Tim@robinince certainly in these times, where media, 'news' and rich billionaires gaslights everyone that they are 'wrong' about the most basic things again and again, it is hard to retain your sense of self and belief system.
I wish I had the answer..but my confidence went years ago and still trying to locate it. And all this stuff *waves hands around* isn't helping.
Where folks are telling me to engage more with people and society that constantly tells me I am broken or weird or wrong? To simultaneously be my 'authentic self' but also 'not like that...don't be too autistic or too queer or too trans, tidy up your space and present this fake image cos otherwise you scare the horses and look homeless'.
I am confused at all these mixed messages, for sure.