I stumbled on this randomly and really appreciated it. Still in the middle of it. I feel sad for your 16 year-old self and these confusing and exploitative experiences, but I'm happy that you are trying to excavate and resolve some of these long-buried feelings. It was brave and admirable to share this publicly, and I hope other people connect with it also like I did across space, time, gender and sexuality.
I'm glad this was a healing experience and I hope you allow yourself a lot of grace because of the things you went through. Nonetheless, it sounds like speaking your truth freed you. Which means in the end you became your own hero for you past self. That's a wonderful thing! You know the value of speaking up and agency more than most right now because it.
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I stumbled on this randomly and really appreciated it. Still in the middle of it. I feel sad for your 16 year-old self and these confusing and exploitative experiences, but I'm happy that you are trying to excavate and resolve some of these long-buried feelings. It was brave and admirable to share this publicly, and I hope other people connect with it also like I did across space, time, gender and sexuality.
"Nothing that you bury stays dead, it just decomposes and becomes more and more ingrained into what makes you, you."
thank you so much for sharing this. hit home for me in many ways too ❤️
(also, i too take some comfort in the fact that one of my homophobic exes didn't know he was fucking a boy lol)
Only recomendation for those who want to read: play noise music when you are reading it (tried Stereo Akuma by Merzbow)
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I'm glad this was a healing experience and I hope you allow yourself a lot of grace because of the things you went through. Nonetheless, it sounds like speaking your truth freed you. Which means in the end you became your own hero for you past self. That's a wonderful thing! You know the value of speaking up and agency more than most right now because it.