Beautiful (and honest) work as always Jonah : ) I think about some of this stuff too and have also talked about it in therapy. It's hard. I really applaud you for writing this one.
Wonderful job. Soulful with a lot of thought-provoking ideas. The part about “moral OCD” makes me wonder something: the part of you that discovered the injustice of the world at a young age, in refusing to accept it going unresolved, maybe that part solidified into a fierce moral compass. Maybe you still feel 11-years-old because that kid won’t budge in the face of conflicts that have never ended.
Hope that made sense, I rambled off the top of my head. Great work here regardless; you should feel proud.
And by extension, what if this “brokenness” you feel is a result of moving through a world of “adults” who’ve justified the “violence inherit to the system” and consider it juvenile to make demands that require readjusting anything.
One internalizes the label when they’re called immature for refusing to accept a broken world.
Aw, thanks for your comments, David. I agree that these reframings are helpful — just goes to show that certain thoughts have mirror images to them. You and my therapists would get along well, haha. And, as always, thanks for reading <3
Beautiful (and honest) work as always Jonah : ) I think about some of this stuff too and have also talked about it in therapy. It's hard. I really applaud you for writing this one.
Wonderful job. Soulful with a lot of thought-provoking ideas. The part about “moral OCD” makes me wonder something: the part of you that discovered the injustice of the world at a young age, in refusing to accept it going unresolved, maybe that part solidified into a fierce moral compass. Maybe you still feel 11-years-old because that kid won’t budge in the face of conflicts that have never ended.
Hope that made sense, I rambled off the top of my head. Great work here regardless; you should feel proud.
And by extension, what if this “brokenness” you feel is a result of moving through a world of “adults” who’ve justified the “violence inherit to the system” and consider it juvenile to make demands that require readjusting anything.
One internalizes the label when they’re called immature for refusing to accept a broken world.
Aw, thanks for your comments, David. I agree that these reframings are helpful — just goes to show that certain thoughts have mirror images to them. You and my therapists would get along well, haha. And, as always, thanks for reading <3