Manipulator of tech and energy. Passions for quantum, security, cooking international cuisines, cognitive psych, and uplifting self and all whom I can.
Just for Today:
I will open my heart and being to the infinite new opportunities that come throughout my day, embracing, accepting, and giving gratitude for each new connection and change.
I found while waiting tables that most people actually preferred this. On average, I got far greater tips by doing so.
Not a power move, but the opposite. By not standing over someone as an authority move and instead getting on their level, they felt more connected.
Your therapist needs therapy if they think that basic critical self care functions like cutting people off who don't respect you, and establishing strong boundaries for your own well being are a bad thing.
It doesn't mean we do it to everyone, and it is important to depend on
Since when is prostitution empowering?
Since when is wanting something healthy for another misogynistic?
Do these people not get they are being manipulated in order to actually destroy feminine power target than empower it?
It's not a new attempt, just the message changed
Easiest way to know if someone truly loves you. They will do everything in their power to not hurt you.
Which also shows plainly, anyone that physically or emotionally abuses you does not love you, and you should always get out at the first sign of abuse.
I can understand at some level the need to steal food for basic survival.
Anything else is just trashy people with no respect for themselves or others.
Boundaries should always be established, regardless of age. Always gently at first, and more fuels as the boundaries continue to be tested.
If the mother truly didn't like it, she would have taught her child respect.
I can't imagine being with a partner whose first instinct when you aren't doing well, isn't to help improve your mood - whether by helping find a solution or by simply being present while you express yourself and let it out.
In Spanish, we use 'tienes razon', which signifies that we understand the other person has a reason for their thoughts, but not necessarily that we agree with them.