forum The LGBTQ+ Community Chat :) Part 2!

Started September 25, 2020 by @Moxie group

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good bye y'all tlk on padlet or refsheet

My mom, forcing me to go church:
Me: dresses as gay as possibe in fishnets, a pleated skirt, a halff buttoned bright shirt, doc martens, dark makeup
My mom: supprised pikachu meme

that sounds so cute wtf reed

I have to make sure no one thinks I'm cis, het, or christian

my cat is like a jet puffed marshmellow of floof

Idk if this is true or not but I'm pretty sure that my friend's uncle/aunt flew her cousin to another country so that they could legally give the cousin conversion therapy and I-

That's horrifying. God I wish people knew more about the dangers of conversion therapy and what absolute shit it is.

Yeah…also conversion therapy is still legal in parts of the US and that frightens me deeply

It's…
what

Actually a large amount of states allow it including mine. We love living in redneck territory
Like you think it’d be illegal since it’s practically a hate crime?? But ig not??

Yeah I'm pretty sure it is, I think more in like the south? I might be wrong though. But yes, it's not a happy thought.

I would really like to stop existing right now :)

so would i, but alas, we cannot get everything we wish for

Heyo can someone please explain to me what Imposter Syndrome is? My friend told me I have a lot of the symptoms or whatever and I genuinely do not understand it.

Ah, yes. Imposter syndrome.
So basically it's a constant lingering feeling that you're a fake, that you don't do enough, or don't try hard enough, and that you're only a misstep away from being uncovered by your peers or higher-ups.
That's simplified, anyway. A lot of people experience it to some degree at some point in their lives. I know I do, for one.

_{Holy shit that's exactly how I feel}

Yeah, and that's okay. I'm not saying that it's normal, per se, but a lot of people feel like they're just faking it too.
Idk if I joked about it here, but I talked about "quitting my job before they fire me."
Lots of self doubt. Thinking you "get lucky" when you do something right.
It can be a struggle to fight against, but it's definitely easier to deal with imposter syndrome once you recognize you have it.

I never really study and academics just come naturally I guess, but I always feel like I'm faking it, that I'm never as smart as the other kids in the room. I'm always thinking that's it's a matter of time before they realise I'm not as smart as they think I am and holy shit AAAAAGGGHH

Yuppppp I feel that
That stuff comes pretty naturally to me. Even in college, most subjects have come pretty naturally. And it feels like you get lucky, and that you're getting good grades you don't deserve, but that's not the case.
Some people's brains are wired in a way that they're good at school without trying. It's not really a matter of being fake.

Does it… _{I dont get better?}

You can get better, but like with any other mental health stuff, it takes some amount of effort to kind of stop that way of thinking.
I don't really know the solution yet, but I'm working on myself. I think it helps to acknowledge that those thoughts and feelings of inadequacy are untrue. Period. It can still be hard to ignore, but it helps to at least come to that realization that you aren't faking it any more than the next guy

o w
this shit h u r t s
I'm over it

my brain,,,, hate me rn

Me: I want to,,, kiss,,, give a litol kiss

shoot me in the head and take me out of my misery

No, but I will give you a litol kiss on the forehead

pain

pain

love to make the pain hurt just a little less
also, go take tylenol bitch

pain

love to make the pain hurt just a little less
also, go take tylenol bitch

I'm on 600 ml of ibuprofen bitch

pain

love to make the pain hurt just a little less
also, go take tylenol bitch

I'm on 600 ml of ibuprofen bitch

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