#argument tw

[renlios]

HEAD SHAKES AT HIS DESPERATE PLEAS TO SPEAK , to find a way to wriggle his way out of all this. she doesn't want to listen to his EXCUSES. doesn't want to give him any opportunity to make a FOOL out of her again --- he's already done enough of that. this was bad enough. " will you shut up ? " she all but screeches , needing it all to stop , needing to just BREATHE and think and work her way through this ; to find a way through the betrayal that she's convinced she should've seen coming.

" you can't ... don't --- " swallowing , WIPING away the fresh batch of tears that burn behind her eyes , forcing herself to meet his gaze again. " don't you dare make this out like you did this for me . like this was some kind of burden for you ... " how could it possibly be ? she was a PEST to him from the start. she knows that. just an annoyance that wouldn't leave him alone. yes , she'd thought that something had developed between them. that she'd become more than just a NUISANCE in his life. but now those thoughts just seem delusional. as ridiculous to her as his behaviour with her now.

large , shaky breaths are taken , air all but GULPED down as she fights the feeling of suffocation to her chest. " i don't care what the risks may have been . " she says , forcing some STRENGTH behind her words , keeping her gaze PINNED on him as she closes in once more. " i would've fought him . i wouldn't have let him just take that knowledge from me ! " deep down she knows that it would've been an IMPOSSIBLE battle. she'd seen ren's abilities in action ; knew how he could pull anything he wanted from his victim's mind. but the thought that he didn't BELIEVE in her enough to understand that she would've risked that pain --- even death --- for him has her wanting to scream at him. scream , hit --- shake him. anything that would help him see some sense. but she knows there's no point in any of it now. his CHANCE to involve her had long since passed. he'd made his choice.

" and don't ... don't act like you would've cared if i died ... " voice WAVERS at the memories that FLOOD to her then ; the distraught look in his workspace the day she'd come stumbling through his door , the way he'd looked after her in ways that no one had ever done before. she'd CLUNG onto it all , kept the thoughts close when she'd had nothing else. no one else. but now they all just seem like a masterful trick. the same as his apologies and ANGUISH now ; a way of getting her to spill her deepest secrets without him ever having to reveal his own. " you didn't care at all ! " she says , her voice CRACKING again. " you still don't . and i --- i did , luca . i cared ... i told you everything ... " the shame of it all threatens to CHOKE her now , causing her to stagger backwards , gasping for air between the sobs. " i just --- i need you to stop pretending and tell the truth for once ... "

↪   CONTINUED FROM HERE ; @fulcrcm

[gay-otlc]

i personally CAN'T WAIT until i get a hysto so nobody calls me a person with a uterus. im a man. why can't we just say women and trans men???? terfs think of us as wombyn. it's all i can hear when people erase my identity and make me a person with a womb.

I also hope you are able to get a hysto and remove any dysphoria around your uterus, genuinely.

But also, having a uterus does not make you not a man! Person with uterus and man can and do coexist! That's the entire fucking point! Referring to a body part without gendering it! A uterus is a gender neutral part of the body and it doesn't erase trans identity! Either get this through your fucking skull or stop arguing with me okay

[gay-otlc]

my parents are arguing loudly. i'm scared. they've never argued- at least not when i'm aware. you've mentioned a few times that your parents are divorced and i was just wondering if you've overheard your parents arguing and could help me calm down a little? i'm sorry if this bothers you but. thanks

Hey, I'm really sorry about that. Your parents are adults and they should know better than to fight with kids around.

Anyway, yes, my parents are divorced and I've heard them yelling at each other a lot. My go-to moves are to get as far away from the room where they're fighting as you can (go outside if it's nice enough out). If you can't go out of earshot try listening to loud music. Read or eat or something to distract yourself. If you've got siblings, maybe check on them especially if they're younger.

I really hope this helps, anon, and I'm really sorry this is happening.

[stargirlfics]

can we continue talking about arguing with flo… cause i would loveeee for him to put me in my place

Mood bc I’d be doing the full works, rolling my eyes, huffing and puffing at him, all of it and you both can’t deny you’re having fun with this, he likes how sassy you get especially when you start to think you’re getting away with it and that’s when he just gets super quiet and calm and comes up to you and oof he’s so intimidating with it too, you know he’s really a soft teddy bear but god do you love when he gets a little scary and rough and next thing you know you’re being backed up against the wall and he leans in close and tells you that you have three seconds to apologize or he’s gonna make your cute little behind very sore 👀

[strayselfships]

Mom and stepmom are screaming at each other and I'm sitting in my room with my dog & cats. Can I have some comfort?

[allgreenisgoodgreen]

LIFE HACK for victims of ongoing Emotional Abuse /gen

⚠️ TW:

Emotional abuse, yelling/arguments

Vague reference to the general reader’s abuser

Implied panic response

Hypothetical crowds

Large amounts of people viewing abuse (indirectly, after the events, in a strictly hypothetical scenario)

I have an overpowered coping mechanism for the next time you get in an argument with your abuser! It might not work for everyone (as is true of all coping mechanisms) but it’s one of the few that work very well for me personally :]

⚠️ Full trigger warnings apply below!

After it happens, when you’re stuck in thinking how unfair it was, and how awful they treated you, and how ‘no, they don’t have a point, actually,’ stop and push that scene onto a screen in your head.

Now, imagine an entire audience watching this happen, and they are ripping your abuser apart. /m The entire crowd is outraged, individual voices are pointing out how bullshit their claims are, and how fair you’re being in return. The stadium is fully, genuinely on your side.

Here’s the best part, and what really helps me: It’s all real. Think about it. In all the posts you’ve scrolled through, all the tiktoks you’ve watched, millions of real, actual people are there in support. Their likes, their comments, those aren’t just some fantasy in your head. These are real human beings whose actual morals would support and protect you.

Out of the absolute sea of interaction, each individual person would react to your abuser with disgust. Each individual person would side with you, and each of those people are real.

I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but this technique calms me down immensely. It helps remind me that my thoughts and emotions are fair, and that my abusive situation truly isn’t the entire world. They are one blip of a horrible person-

-And yes, they have an awful power in your life. But in that same life, on this same planet, there are leagues of kind, rational people who understand that your situation is unfair.

And I just think that’s epic :’]

[phosburnttoast]

I don’t mind if people disagree, what I do mind is when they expect you to sit and listen to them, but won’t afford you the respect to you, instead opting to speak over you and laugh at you, especially when they’re asserting that serious problems aren’t real.

[redlexx]

After over an hour long arugemnet me and my mum came to a agreement that I can get a binder :,)