Spot on, D. I know that it's fine for me to change how I do things in this space... what bothers me is the not doing anything at all anymore with this space. And I do think that there was value in what I used to do, too... I just have a hard time seeing how to do it anymore, since the veil of pseudonymnity is lifted. At any rate, empathy is right... it's not just pity.
I do feel stilfed though. Not just because I now wish to refrain from saying something that might hurt but still needs to be said, but because as soon as I can think of something to say, I can see a map of all the ways the other person could respond, and they branch out into a tree-like structure of dialectic paths, and I know immediately how the tree resolves, and most of the time I just feel too tired to go through the whole thing. There's possibility that I could be surprised by an unforeseen path unfolding, but that happens so very rarely. It's sad that people are as predictable as they are.
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As always, I'm glad you're happy.
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I do feel stilfed though. Not just because I now wish to refrain from saying something that might hurt but still needs to be said, but because as soon as I can think of something to say, I can see a map of all the ways the other person could respond, and they branch out into a tree-like structure of dialectic paths, and I know immediately how the tree resolves, and most of the time I just feel too tired to go through the whole thing. There's possibility that I could be surprised by an unforeseen path unfolding, but that happens so very rarely. It's sad that people are as predictable as they are.
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