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Life Extraordinaire Yet Ordinaire

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Many people look at me with admiration. They marvel at my strength and willpower in living with my genetic disease that robbed my health and normalcy of life. I disagree entirely that I am strong and have unsurpassed willpower coz I simply did what needs to be done in order to live just like everyone else. I didn't receive any training to cope with my condition – it is all trial and error. Learning on the job. I am a fan of heuristic approaches. In fact, everyone should be. Formal education can’t teach you what life is. You have to go through the wringer on your own. I run a feminist page , and I often come across anti-feminists who say that women take menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth as their biggest achievements. Still, male feminists love to brownnose women that menstruation , pregnancy , and childbirth are things men can never go through and come back alive. LOL. Biological functions are not achievements. Men can certainly go through menses, pregnancy, and childbi...

Do Not Let Anyone Invalidate Your Experience

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    How Religious People Behave Like They Know It All about My Experience A Hindu religious twat took upon himself to diss me in the comment section of my first blog, 'Karma is Not a Bitch. Karma is Bullshit'.  He superimposed his beliefs as the supreme truth, ignoring my questions about universality. Anyway, I am used to such twats of all religions - they think the beliefs and Gods of other religions are wrong. I just say all of them are wrong.  Many people have the habit of dismissing your reality, pain, and situation and lend toxic positivity. Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about putting forth your opinion/experiences and making it sound like your opinion/experience represents everyone's in a situation where others cite their opposite opinion/experience. I get this a lot from the followers of my Facebook page - self-absorbed people are not exactly sparse.  This is from my Tumblr Don't Invalidate. Just Listen and Acknowledge - It Saves Liv...