what up, what up...

yeah, i can definitely understand...

it's just easier keeping to myself, these days

Absolutely agree.

It's boring as hell...

Definitely.

I’ve learned the feelings of people who don’t know me are more of a reflection of how they feel about themselves anyway.

Confident folks have no need to put down or limit others to feel better.

That. Part.

are you “brutally honest” or are you just a bitch? 😊

I’ve seen it work, but it requires a level of self awareness and trust that is rarely even approached.

In that context, I’d have to agree most folks who proclaim that lifestyle are using it as a cover for something else.

And they are rarely honest about that something else.

LOL and we’re still here trying to be softer and empathetic.

That’s some superhero shit, homie.

These are some major questions that I think many of avoid because it reveals some truths about not only the world we exist in but how we’ve contorted ourselves to fit in it.

But the only way is through in this context.

Hard agree.

To survive what many of have come from, we’ve gotten so good at denying what our base selves need.

Unlearning that takes a lot of time and is exhausting.

But every inch of progress is a victory.

It’s such a simple concept in the context of being a human being, but the effects are so profound.

There are friends I am cold in love with because they give this.

It’s wild how such a small thing can sustain lifelong connections that change.

Nah, it doesn’t. At all.

I think that’s why one of the purest expressions of courage is being open to intimacy and connection.

In the society we exist in, there’s just a certain amount of hurt that comes with living like that.

And choosing to persist takes some real guts.