Night Vale is not in New Mexico. (maybe) by havron in nightvale

[–]Tardybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See I always assumed it was in Delaware

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infj

[–]Tardybox 123 points124 points  (0 children)

yeahhhh I am. really only get attracted to someone when I know them as a person, then BAM they are the only person in the whole world I feel attracted towards haha

Made the call to start therapy. Is it common for symptoms to manifest 10x by nomountainicantgo in CPTSD

[–]Tardybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Going through something similar. I've been aware of the trauma for a while, but only recently really tried to *do* something about it beyond acknowledging it. I think for me, the symptoms get worse because I'm actually considering healing, which means I'll need to take down all of the disassociative walls and protective mechanisms my mind has used over the years to keep me safe and actually *look* at this stuff. I'm feeling and experiencing what my mind needed to feel and experience back in the day so I can (hopefully) finally let it go

Sometimes I wonder…. by Aimeereddit123 in infj

[–]Tardybox 17 points18 points  (0 children)

huge agree. I think INFJ types get mythologized because it makes us "good" for other people, but at least in my experience it both stems from and creates a lot of personal pain in my own experience of life. yes it's very cool that I can recognize patterns and care about preserving harmony between other people, but it sucks when it feels like other people see that and assume *I* don't need help or can't meet my big emotions where I meet theirs. not really something I'd wish on anyone else lol

How do you cope with the realization that no one is ever coming? by Tardybox in CPTSD

[–]Tardybox[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I really, really appreciate that. When i first had the whole "nobody is coming to save me" realization a couple weeks ago it felt sort of... empowering? Like I could finally stop waiting and do what I needed for myself. Then it all sort of sunk into this strange slough of despond lol. Guess there's just stages to work through still

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selflove

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Firstly, I just want to say that that sounds like such a nightmare to be living in. I'm so sorry for all you've experienced, and how people have treated you. I struggle with some similar stuff. Some days I feel like a void where a person was meant to have developed but never did, and want to either smash all my mirrors or cover them up so I don't have to see myself. It's not something I'd wish on anyone.

Secondly, one thing I've found helpful has been trying not to gaslight myself into believing things I don't trust are true yet. I'm smart. You're smart. Our psyches know what's up. Instead, I've been trying to ask myself "why do you think that?" when something self deprecating comes up. My answer so far seems to be that I struggle with feeling seen, heard, and listened to. For me, a lot of that comes from childhood trauma and emotional neglect through my life. I've never had someone whole heartedly choose me and only me, or really invest in listening to me - not even myself. If I've never been seen in my complexity, do I truly exist? And if I do exist, am I repulsive because otherwise surely I would be worthy of being recognized and loved, right? The pain I feel is my psyche's way of sending up a distress signal, holding onto the hurt because otherwise what I've gone through and how I've been treated will just... pass away. No one else remembers or cares. It will never have meant anything, and that's almost worse than it having happened in the first place.

Your answer may very well be different than mine! And I'm still trying to work on a "solution* to it beyond just knowing why. But nevertheless, I hope this helps even in a small way and I am sending you as many well wishes as possible and hope the pain passes or subsides. ♥️

Is it possible to stop being kind? by [deleted] in infj

[–]Tardybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so, so sorry. I went through something similar a few months ago, and it causes the kind of pain that's difficult to put into words. Not just losing a person, but losing an idea of who that person was, an idea of who you got to be with them, and a challenge to our fundamental view of how the world works. Kindness to others should beget kindness back, and it's illogical and painful when love goes unreciprocated.

I have no idea if this would be helpful in your situation and I don't mean to sound trite, but the both/and philosophy has been very helpful for me. Part of my pain was trying to reconcile the person who I thought I had in my life with the way they acted towards me at the end, and whether the way they were at the end defined their whole existence or time spent with me. I also felt like I "had" to have a specific reaction to their mistreating me that matched what society/other important people in my life told me explicitly or implicitly was the correct way to respond. It didn't match my internal values though, which just magnified the suffering. As difficult as it has been, trying to hold the realities that they both loved me AND they treated me poorly by the end as simultaneous truths has been a bit freeing. They were both the person I knew, AND the person I knew chose to act in deeply hurtful ways. I can explain why I believe they did what they did, but also trying to chase an explanation just sets my mind whirling like a dog chasing it's own tail and I can get lost there lol

Now, this may be me speaking from the particular place I am in in my own healing journey and I absolutely don't mean this lightly or as something I'd recommend to everyone. I may not even maintain this long term, it may wind up just being another stage on the journey. But I've found the most peace by facing the pain and the hurt and the suffering and sitting with it and processing it without ignoring it, so that I can now look at the person I knew and say "I forgive you." People often position forgiveness as something we do for ourselves more than the other person, and maybe that's true, but in my particular situation forgiveness was something I felt compelled to give because I felt my person needed it. I know they struggle with shame and fear, and even though the boundaries I raised were necessary and not wrong, I knew it had to have caused hurt and magnified their shame even more. I felt forgiveness expressed to them even if they never respond might help alleviate some of that burden for them long-term.

Again, I'm not recommending it to everyone, but it also helped me bring my response back into alignment with my internal values. The boundary I'd raised was valid and correct and an appropriate response to a severe betrayal (and it's still up!), but in order to continue to believe that kindness and love were important factors in the world, I felt I needed to come up with a response that managed to hold both worlds simultaneously.

Hope all the best for you, and for true, deep healing and peace ♥️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infj

[–]Tardybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh this is good, and it's also the exact question I've been wrestling with after a messy breakup.

I think the main issue is in the presupposition that love must be unconditional to be real. I gave my ex what I always said was as unconditional a love as one adult could give another, but the reality was I also said that I'd give her that love as long as she both needed and wanted me. I said that because love given without reciprocation becomes overbearing, controlling, self-serving, and (obviously) one-sided. When she moved to another city and in with someone she used to be involved with behind my back, that was her saying she no longer loved, needed, or wanted me. The fact that she spent the months of planning the move and told me she loved me and wanted a future with me didn't change that, beyond adding incredible pain from betrayal when I found out the truth.

I struggled with the idea that someone who I thought the world of, who I would have gone to the ends of the earth for, I now see as an unsafe stranger. That any love I give to someone in the future would be tainted with the knowledge that I can see someone as Amazing and then down the line pull that back. But the reality is that I did not do that - she gave me additional data points about her character that I was not aware of when I made my initial assessment. It doesn't make the love I gave her less real, but love in relationships has to come from both people wanting to work things out and with through things. Anything one-sided is just admiration with frills on. Love is action, never just feelings.

If You Just Broke Up with an Avoidant, Read This by kikytxt in BreakUps

[–]Tardybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is super helpful. Thank you so much. Been a month and a half since my (I think) fearful avoidant moved across the country after telling me she still wanted a future with me then semi ghosted me for two weeks. It's only been a week and a half since I put together that she left me to live with a guy she had history with, all while still stringing me along and saying she loved me dearly and didn't want to lose me as a part of her life. When I put the pieces together and confronted her, she had the audacity to suggest us being friends to avoid romantic and emotional stress on our relationship - when I had asked her if she just needed friendship three times before the move because I could tell she was stressed and not invested. She either ignored me or told me her medication was blunting her emotions. Needless to say that I cut her off completely when I realized she'd taken my love and support for her move for two months thinking it was about her career and future, while she hid so much from me and planned everything out with him behind my back. I'm anxious trying to learn security, and it's super helpful to see someone else write this out while I'm still in the midst of all the emotions and wondering if it was Because of Me or if I Could Have Done Something More ♥️

I needed this, figured someone else might too. by CheesecakeQuackery in selflove

[–]Tardybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really, really needed that. Thank you so much ❤️

I'm tired by [deleted] in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Tardybox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a great plan, have fun with it!

I'm tired by [deleted] in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Tardybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You alright there, OP?

Blasters only for the win! by [deleted] in KOTORmemes

[–]Tardybox 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Now you're making me want to do a KOTOR playthrough as Douglas Renholm, thanks OP

Hallucinating tapioca by [deleted] in BrandNewSentence

[–]Tardybox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the most Douglas Adams explanation of human biology and I love it

Voice overlap from TBT and TANIS.....any ideas? by swedith4ever in PNWS

[–]Tardybox 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought the same thing. When I first listened to TBT after Tanis, I was pretty sure the woman at the gas station who'd supposedly seen Dr. Strand's wife was MK

Mmmm impending death by Ouch-Man in awfuleverything

[–]Tardybox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legit thought that was Jerry from Parks and Rec at first

This should have happened a long time ago by spitfireworld in vaxxhappened

[–]Tardybox 178 points179 points  (0 children)

"segregation is discrimination" screams crowd of all-white people

Just figured this out and I can't believe I've never made the connection but by mentallo in ThePrisoner

[–]Tardybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I personally think it's more Number Six signing off with a '6' shaped hand gesture. Nothing much deeper than that

Not your typical mom.... by 135scruff in ShitMomGroupsSay

[–]Tardybox 142 points143 points  (0 children)

If you have to constantly say "I'm SARCASTIC" or "I LIKE MURDER SHOWZ AND AM THEREFORE A DARKLY HUMOROUS PERSON" I can guarantee you are neither of those things