sometimes, in my most uncharitable moments, i wonder if they constructed something so ridiculous on purpose to make sure that no one would ever believe us if we told.

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sometimes, in my most uncharitable moments, i wonder if they constructed something so ridiculous on purpose to make sure that no one would ever believe us if we told.
oh wow! everything feels easier here! just like i feared.
mysterious benefactor having access to you: wow this is really strange and scary
no longer having access to the mysterious benefactor: well when you think about it the mysterious benefactor did have a certain je ne sais quoi….
some evils are banal and then some evils make you sort of tilt your head to the side like a dog and say well that sure was odd. that was pretty strange. now why would you do that?
lighter note: i think it’s funny how my urge to talk about it all publicly has won out somewhat but i still really really really do not want to share anything specific so instead im just in here traumaposting like: Events Have Occurred. In My Life.
because what it all really comes down to is that it’s fake. like not just unbelievable but unreal in such a tangible way (i know i know bear me and bear with me on this) that i cannot really fathom anyone treating it as real no matter how they act or what they say. and i’m aware that’s crazy and cuts off potential support and care for myself but how can i expect someone to take a series of events so fictitious and treat them as anything but that? already an experience that is treated as an impossiblity and erased at every turn in every discussion to preserve people’s comfort + even in spaces where it is safe to discuss parts of the scenario are treated like something only conceived in the context of writing stories about it + absurdly dramatized and symbolic actions made with the express purpose of being dramatic and symbolic + constant clearly articulated and repeated statements of motivation for basically everyone involved + no evidence barely any consequences zero trace of it at all outside of the minds of people who were there + environment of isolation + generally really good quality of life for myself and my siblings during and after + the positive and loving relationships that have evolved because of/despite it = can’t expect much to be done about things that only happened in storybook land now can you?
i know believing your #trauma is #unique and that no one else has experienced anything like it ever and thus you will never be believed or understood is essentially the number one trap everyone trying to reckon with their experiences falls into. even still. genuinely who else could this have possibly happened to. not really individual moments or behaviours those are definitely things that exist out there somewhere else butlike. the cumulative events. the narrative. ive just never heard or read or seen anything like it happening anywhere else to anyone else.
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