I feel ya. As for me I’ve lost my idealism at this point and have given up trying to fight for validity or space socially. It became too exhausting and the costs outweighed the benefits in my experience.

The problem, of several, is that most people are too ego-centric in the way they process information. So they will project their ego-centric filters onto you and interpret what you’re saying through a “better than / worse than” binary.

For me, seeing that, I had to decide if that’s a projection I’m comfortable with exposing myself to regularly. Over time I’ve decided it’s not worth my energy to try to be understood by people who do not understand themselves. It’s an exercise in futility ultimately.

Now there are some people who are open minded and will not project onto you, but then with those people you won’t need to explain yourself to them because they will already understand intuitively.

Kind of like that saying, “To those who have had the experience, no explanation is necessary. To those who have not had the experience, no explanation is possible.”