#crazy making

[lucy-moderatz]

I do feel closer to Hannibal here. God only knows where I'd be without him.

[stoicmike]

There are so many things that make us crazy it’s a miracle that anyone is even halfway sane.  -- Michael Lipsey

[tiredandlonelymuse]

I think arguably one of the only things worse than ignoring / denying a victim of abuse is accusing them of being the abuser. Especially given the fact that most abusers use tactics like “you made me do this” or the old “you are abusing me by calling out my abuse bc it makes me feel bad”. The victims who escape those situations often face a long road in their ‘next life’ of internally focused paranoia and constant moral inventory taking; afraid that setting a boundary, or being firm (or being in a bad mood even) is behavior that is too reminiscent of how their own abuser acted. Trauma altering the ability to differentiate. Having to muck through the dense fucking mud of “Am I a bad person, and that’s why this happened to me? Maybe it was all my fault…” A truly devastating phenomenon.

[howifeltabouthim]

'It's destructive. It takes up a lot of energy. It makes people insane.'

Mary Gordon, from Spending

[secondblooms]

[tess-mercer]

this entire thing is just so shocking to me. But also the most fucked up situationship I've been in (college but carried that with me for several years) was with this guy who ONLY wanted to eat me out & was good at it. he was just a terrible guy who told me to my face he hadnt even liked me as a person. also told me he didnt believe it when women said "no." And he loved giving good head. not to wish that experience upon mine sworn enemies (quark misunderstanderers) but I just don't think you guys are making informed judgment calls. Is my experience not universal? No it is the youth who are wrong

[lcdspideysystem]

im VERY intrigued by the "peter and tony survived the snap" or "ONLY peter survived the snap and tony dies" premises but every attempt i've come across has irritated me to no end