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[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No one, because the only people in my life either wouldnt give a fuck, or would try to basically turn it into a competition ("Oh, you have X? I have X too, only worse. And also Y.").

So I internalize it and push it all down into a tight little ball in my lower abdomen, until the day comes where it becomes a cancer and consumes me.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope that changes for you at some point.

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Well past the halfway mark and it never has, so I doubt it ever will.

[–] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know where that tight little ball in your lower abdomen should go? Down the shitter. You don't have to internalise it. You are your own best friend.

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What else am I supposed to use that blasted appendix for, if not this?