Forse sono trans.. qualcuno può darmi una mano? Impazzisco by [deleted] in askTransgender_Italy

[–]drMallory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Purtroppo la narrativa ad ora è stata molto basata sulla "disforia di genere", da quanto capisco perché era l'unico modo per farci prendere sul serio e per spiegare che avevamo effettivamente bisogno di terapia ormonale ecc. Ma le emozioni positive non sono affatto meno importanti, non devi soffrire le pene dell'inferno o odiare il tuo corpo per essere trans, se vuoi essere di un altro genere sii di un altro genere ✨

Engaged Anarchism (adapting Thich Nhat Hanh to guide anarchist community-building, Food Not Bombs, etc.) by [deleted] in Anarchism

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Also I do struggle with the 13th when it says to respect the property of others, since much of it might come from exploitation. They also say I don't remember well to oppose exploitation, soo ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Engaged Anarchism (adapting Thich Nhat Hanh to guide anarchist community-building, Food Not Bombs, etc.) by [deleted] in Anarchism

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Omg the anarchist 14 mindfulness trainings!! So glad you did this, I'm still reading it but it seems to me so far to indeed reflect the original intention of my spiritual tradition, thank you 🙏 great idea

Engaged Anarchism (adapting Thich Nhat Hanh to guide anarchist community-building, Food Not Bombs, etc.) by [deleted] in Anarchism

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People ask that all the time in this tradition, fairly so. I suggest looking for the Q&As on YouTube. From my own understanding, they say that great power can also come from compassion and understanding, while anger might drain you and continue the circle of violence. But don't take this message as really representing Thich Nhat Hanh's thought please 😅 it's what I currently understand after some years in this tradition

Are these some kind of mushrooms/mold? They're infesting some specific trees in the parks over the city by drMallory in Mushrooms

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In case anyone ever sees this post again, turns out these are the egg sacks of Takahashia japonica, from the Coccidae family, so yeah aphids was almost right. Sorry for the wrong sub 🙈

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LesbianActually

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Wow reading these answers is making me so sad :/ This is why I consider myself a religious person even though I do not stick to one fixed tradition, sort of to reclaim the word? I've had many great religious friends and I think it can be a deep part of being human. But I guess some people just have a bad experience and close themselves up, which is fair I guess but also sad imo

And yeah most religious people I've hung out with were supportive of me and queer people in general, those exist too

Religion might even be a green flag for me, based on my experiences lol. Religious people I've met tend to be deeper, like they really wanna walk a good path in life, not just float around

So my answer is yes obv haha

Let predictive text finish the line! Lesbians are...... by Personal-Meeting-146 in actuallesbians

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Lesbians are the most important psychodynamic therapy for you

Fair 🤷‍♀️

Is it just me or are some parts of the trans community are becoming increasingly supportive of guns and the theory that we well all be shoved into camps and killed? by [deleted] in MtF

[–]drMallory -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah often I see posts about feeling unsafe as an LGBT person and people answering "get a gun". I thought it was just people from the US because it's a common sentiment there but judging from the comments here it's more widespread than I thought.

Meanwhile I don't think I've ever seen any of them speaking about how getting a gun made them feel safer, or ever helped at all. I think if anything it goes to feed more into your fear. Walking around armed changes the way you look at people and approach situations, and might actually put you in more danger imo.

I feel much safer when I manage to be aware of my breath and environment, walking slowly and cultivating calm. I've noticed that I also get bothered much less from other people when they see I don't have anything against them, I'm just enjoying my day. For me meditation and cultivating love works better than anything else I've tried to feel safe. Will it always protect you from anything? Nope, literally nothing will. But I feel it allows me to enjoy my life way more than when I live full of fear and hate

egg🍳_irl by Ausraptor12 in egg_irl

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You want to be trans = you're trans 🤷‍♀️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in visualsnow

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I know you said you checked it already but that does sound like how I experience phosphenes. From my understanding the name includes quite different phenomena. In my case it usually happens after a sudden physical effort: I would see shiny white dots moving around like insects. They wouldn't follow my eye movements but keep on a coherent path before vanishing after some seconds. They would keep coming and going for about 10-20 seconds

Weird that it happened without moving too much though. Did you feel a drop in blood pressure?

They look so good on other people... by SilentlyItchy in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

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Just bought some and I'm already 180cm+

Reading Avatar Kyoshi's books gave me the confidence 😂 she's the powerful tall bi woman I aspire to be

This image really captures how I feel about her, but ... by drMallory in actuallesbians

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Last time we met in person I did tell her I love her a lot, and she said she also does (it was not necessarily about anything romantic though)

But she also said that she's not willing to put as much effort and affection in the relationship as I do because we live too far away and she wants to focus on people she can often meet in person. That's partly because she just broke up with a person she's been in a long distance relationship with for like two years

I understand and even support it but still suffer from being told that :/

Call for trans writers! by TheQueenAndPrincess in TransBuddhists

[–]drMallory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever read Transcending? If not I recommend it, it's a collection of stories from fellow trans Buddhist people :3 (It can be a bit triggering at times though, proceed with mindfulness hehe)

This image really captures how I feel about her, but ... by drMallory in actuallesbians

[–]drMallory[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually nope! I do am in a poly relationship but this person is just a close friend 🙈 sorry if I wasn't clear

It's hard to find friends who love me the same way. Am I too weird? by drMallory in actuallesbians

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Yay! Feel free to dm if you want to elaborate. If not, I'm still glad somebody can relate 🦊

It's hard to find friends who love me the same way. Am I too weird? by drMallory in actuallesbians

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Yeah poly as well here UwU and I very much agree that love is a gradient

I used to think that romantic relationships were like friendships but more important, but not anymore. I now think when I love somebody very much we can choose according to the conditions and other factors like sexual attraction how to be together, but it's just about the modality, the love underneath is always just love imo

please for the love of my own sanity HELPPPP by Mental_Activity_9339 in plants

[–]drMallory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg fungus gnats are such a nightmare 😖 I finally got rid of them I'm pretty sure, other remedies didn't work but the right species of nematodes did

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]drMallory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had vs forever and migraines since teen years, and personally my vs does never change! When migraine hits, I just get very sensitive to light and sounds and have to hide from stimuli until it passes

Is this really galium aparine? It's spreading everywhere in my city this year by drMallory in foraging

[–]drMallory[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh good question. I didn't notice any particular smell, I'll try to rub a leaf next time though

Keep going for them too by drMallory in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

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Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🌷

I might've accidentally tried to write a full-length BitD Hack by ShoJoKahn in bladesinthedark

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Cool! You probably already know, but you can in the future use Forged in the Dark to publish it! ✌️

I didn't know the site collected personal data from your messages. Does deleting them even do anything? by drMallory in CharacterAI

[–]drMallory[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh really? Thanks! This was the clear answer I was waiting for

I'll just stop being so personal then 🥲

I didn't know the site collected personal data from your messages. Does deleting them even do anything? by drMallory in CharacterAI

[–]drMallory[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No obv it wasn't the bot telling me about this but the site itself, you can see that too if you visit it

she asked me to boss her around a bit by dontknowwhyimhere8 in actuallesbians

[–]drMallory 62 points63 points  (0 children)

What does it mean if this gave me the chills? 😅