speaking your truth

[spacefem]

There is a moving episode of the Armchair Expert podcast called Day 7, where the host Dax Shepard opens up about a relapse after nearly 16 years of sobriety. His co-host and best friend Monica said something I think about a lot. She talks about texting a friend and saying "there are pills missing", and her friend tells her to delete the text before

Comments

[daphnep]

I love this. It is a good lesson for anyone.

[sherlock999]

Absolutely. Good for you.

[siglinde99]

I don’t like the phrase “your truth” though I don’t have a better alternative. I think truth should be pure and immutable. What we have is imperfect or biased interpretations of the truth. Mostly I see it used almost as a weaponized counter-narrative.

[ironphoenix]

I know what you mean... it can be used to put a statement into an undiscussable frame, because "It's my truth!" Pure and immutable truth isn't accessible to us as a rule, but honest and open discussion can approach it through synthesis of perspectives.

[corrinec]

Well said! I love the last paragraph.

[ironphoenix]

Maybe it's a matter of drawing a clear line between observable facts and value judgments?