RE: Someone told me to kill myself twice today, I don't know why it's been bothering me
April 10, 2016 at 12:42 pm
(April 10, 2016 at 3:12 am)maestroanth Wrote:(April 8, 2016 at 6:44 pm)Evie Wrote: I really take offence to all this "grow a pair", "get a thicker skin" bullshit, some people just are sensitive and they should be respected for the way they are as much as anyone else is. And pressuring people to be something they are not -- especially if it affects stuff like their mental health -- is just a fucking dick move.
Okay, maybe over time, sure, we can learn to "grow a pair" (although I fucking hate that phrase) some more, because we all -- even sensitive folks like myself -- can learn to be tougher and overcome obstacles and be stronger a life goes on. Even the most sensitive of us.
But growing a thicker skin is something that happens naturally... and even if being given advice on how to grow a thicker skin can/could even work (not sure if that's possible TBH) simply telling someone to "grow a pair" is not only a dick move but fucking unhelpful. It's like telling a teen who isn't fully grown yet who wants to play basketball professionally but is too short currently and is unsure and anxious about whether he/she will be tall enough by the time they become fully grown to just "Grow taller immediately".
Not sure what is helpful in this case... but I'm sure what isn't.
"Grow a pair". Pearls of wisdom directed at a sensitive person........ [/sarcasm]
IDK, the thicker skin talk just sounds like an insecurity by those who feel the need to have such a 'thick skin' to begin with. I mean everyone is equally sensitive, that's what comes along with being a homo sapien.
Not everyone is equally sensitive to things at all, why would you think that?
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