If you haven't talked to a therapist about this, please do so. Even if you were physically 'fine,' what you're describing would be pretty traumatic for most people. Feeling guilty about defending yourself is totally normal, even though it was completely justified and there was every reason to believe he was trying to kill you. It means you're a normal person with empathy who doesn't just want to stab people.
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I've only been fortunate enough to travel abroad once before, but my experience had nothing like what you're worried about. The worst that happened was almost getting scammed at the airport, which is something you'll have to worry about in imperial core countries too. People were either kind or neutral to our presence.
to me; all of the cultures that speak both languages belong to the same hegemony as the american empire
Ummm perhaps do not tell Central/South Americans this while visiting their country, lol.
Oh man, do you think spilling some FBS once is what cursed me? I think that might be what cursed me.
Basically every country has their own sign language or an imported sign language that became standardized.
But learning any sign language will make it a lot easier for you to communicate with signers of any sign language. Not because they’re necessarily similar to each other, but because sign language varies a lot regionally anyway (and even locally depending on what method of signing you’re taught) and it will be much more natural to find ways to work around it and communicate with each other.
Re: bullet point 2, that’s called a familect if you weren’t already aware. I just love that word and that it’s a thing, because it feels like nobody really acknowledges how widespread it is. We just all walk around having our own secret languages only our loved ones understand.
Thanks for the info! I’ll bring it up with my doctor.
Gabapentin is cool and everything, but if this new stuff doesn’t have any bad side effects I’d love to try it. Gabapentin gives me slow brain at effective doses, and it seems like something that only activates at the pain site could potentially avoid systemic effects like that.
“Do not comply in advance” includes giving in to despair before fighting. Stay strong and ask for support when you need it, everyone 🫶
It definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.
What about trans people getting marched one by one into prisons with the wrong gender because they got reported for pissing in a public toilet?
Because it’s already the law to do that in some states. I can tell you more about what happens to trans people in prison if you don’t already know, but suffice to say it’s bad.
Didn't see a guy with a face tattoo, but there are definitely Trump supporters and thin blue line people here too even though I'm in a blue urban area. A guy with huge obnoxious Trump flags attached to the back of his wheelchair was on the bus I took today 😬 Not so many people like that around that I feel like I'm back in The Bad Place, but any is more than you want to see, you know?
I'm sorry you're having to be in the eye of the storm and I hope you can stay safe.
Yeah, I tend to default to assuming non troll for this reason. The rewards of the best case scenario (correctly recognizing a troll) simply don’t outweigh the consequences of the worst case scenario (calling someone who went through a traumatic experience a troll because you’re too online).
If I’m wrong, then all I’ve done is put out good vibes and hopefully something useful for other people.