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[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And as for "abuse" - if calling a spade a spade is considered "abuse" well, maybe, but if that's the definition of "abuse" then maybe everyone needs to suffer it in order to toughen up for the real abuse coming our way, because we all live in a world that couldn't give a fuck about our feelings.

Honestly you've hit the nail straight on the head there. I don't want to sound like my grandmother complaining about snowflakes, but whatever happened to mental resilience? I read The Coddling of the American Mind about a year ago, and the authors mention three 'myths of fragility' that are really apt here:

  1. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you weaker.

  2. Always trust your feelings.

  3. Life is a battle between good people and evil people.

Never mind what Alexander Solzhenitsyn said about the line between good and evil cutting through the heart of every human being, magic lady hurted my feeeeels!