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[shinga]

What is something that saddens or depresses you that you don't like voicing to other people because you know they'll not take you seriously and may even judge you for complaining? (ie you're well off but depressed because you can't get the car in the color you want and you know if you complained you'd get shit for it)

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[anonymous]

It really bothers me that I'm hardly ever taken seriously if i'm not happy or upset about something. I feel as though I'm expected to be happy 24/7.

[alpacacock]

Not in the vein you want, but something I definitely get judged for complaining about...

It saddens me when people are vigilant about racial issues, on either side of the fence because I feel it creates a realm of hyper-awareness that's unnecessary, and to the "don't be a racist jackass" side of things, even a bit contradictory.

My hometown is a very progressive, liberal community. And very, very white. And race was always made to be this huge, important thing...but with the tagline "don't judge" appended to any racial concept being professed at the time...but at the end of the day it just made people's first thought "he's (this color)" and I've yet to find a time where that thought was relevant to anything.

/white girl who has never really been exposed to racism, even as an observer

[eidna]

I agree with this.

[anonymous]

(my flist will know who this is)

The COOK for our sorority house has decided that she has the authority to say that the reason we're all getting sick is that we're all slobs, and has declared that we all have to clean the entire house tomorrow. We clean the entire house OURSELVES twice a week as it is, and plus, she's a COOK.

I mean, imagine if the cook for your dorm/cafeteria said that you have to clean your entire dorm because s/he thinks you're slobs. Would you think s/he had the authority to do that?

[anonymous]

YEAH! What would a fucking lowly COOK know about SANITATION? I mean, sure, maybe she had to take some CLASSES to LEARN these things, but she needs to STFU and CONGRATULATE us for cleaning up after OURSELVES.

What a bitch, looking out for your well-being and stuff... how dare she!

[meshuggenah42]

That isn't the commenters point. That fact that she is works in the sorority house means she has no authority to tell the girls to clean the house.

If you hired someone to work in your house, would you let them tell you to clean your house?

[rudezombie]

Maybe its the constant buffet of frat boy semen that's making you all feel ill.

Also: the COOK

[anonymous]

I hate the way I look, I feel so trapped in my body. I know I'm attractive so I pretend to believe it.

Even my anonymous reply is annoying me, I just deleted half of it.

I also need to go back to therapy. I've had a therapist's name and number pulled up in one of my tabs for the past three days and haven't called. I can't bring myself to do it.

[lierre]

"I know I'm attractive so I pretend to believe it."

if you "know" it, isn't that genuinely believing it?

Not the OP

[tooimpurenangel]

I actually used to have a great deal of trouble with this. Others thought I looked just fine, but I could never see it. You can be told you're attractive by a certain majority. You can know that they think you're attractive, but until you see it for yourself it doesn't mean shit.

[eidna]

Not necessarily. You can know you're attractive based on how others treat you and the things they say. Hell, you can even believe it yourself on occasion. But that body hatred can still be very present, I know it is for me. I could be feeling hot, then I look in a mirror and it's all over - even if people tell me I'm attractive.

[anonymous]

Not really what you're looking for, but I definitely have some social anxiety issues and any time I have mentioned it to somebody they have not taken me seriously. I've been told so many countless times to "grow up" and "get over it." This really upsets me, and makes it harder for me to think about getting help. What if I really do just need to "get over it?"

[sickonfriday]

me too :(