Inferior

[meridian_rose]

source:swankivy
Relevant right now.

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[silk_dragon_zen]

Would you please link to this post? I can't read it because neither my text-to-speech software can read it to me, nor is my BeeLine reader able to alter the text to a more readable gradient.

[meridian_rose]

The picture is a click-through and the source credit is also a link but here is a plain text version for you: http://swankivy.tumblr.com/post/130438446170/inferior

[silk_dragon_zen]

Thanks! 😊

I'd tried highlighting the photo in hopes that my text-to-speech software would tell me if there were a link if not at least some alt-text, but it didn't tell me. (I have some vision, so a navigate with my eyes and read mostly with my ears, but I didn't see that it was click-through-able.)

And I so agree: that phrase has bothered me for ever. I never saw the difference between having a bleeding disorder (easy bruising) and being emotionally sensitive. They're both involuntary and they both are at the mercy of the rest of the world as to whether it'll be gentle with me.

[meridian_rose]

Glad you were able to read at the source :) I ought to start using alt-text to also provide a link.
I know the original quote is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt and it is supposed to be empowering but I feel swankivy's entry is a better explanation of why it's hard to "just" shrug off people belittling you, being condescending, trying to tear you down.
If you say "I feel x because someone said/did y" the response is often "don't let them get to you" but as you clearly understand, that can be easier said than done :(

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

This is no more than a subtler form of victim blaming!

[meridian_rose]

That's what struck me seeing it with the tags "gaslighting" and "abuse". I know the original quote is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, and it's supposed to make you feel empowered, but I feel this is a better explanation of why it's hard to "just" shrug off people belittling you, being condescending, trying to tear you down.
If you say "I feel x because someone said/did y" the response is often "don't let them get to you" but honestly, that can be easier said than done.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

And having had to deal with what I had to deal with earlier in life, don't I know it!

[meridian_rose]

I can't even begin to imagine. *hugs*