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   Andrea is resting (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:36:48 JST Andrea is resting

   I feel like the language of "unhealed" is becoming a weapon against the most vulnerable/marginalized people. Showing up "unhealed" in a space shouldn't be grounds to be rebuked from it. No one is completely "healed" anyway.

   So what ends up happening a lot is that certain (neuro)types' ways of coping are socially acceptable and others are not. So the "unhealed" become more and more isolated, thus making it even harder to heal because it's p much impossible to heal in isolation.

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     Andrea is resting (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 02:36:57 JST Andrea is resting

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     Same w language like "trauma dumping" (I have rarely if ever heard/seen this word used when a white man does it. Interesting) and "boundaries."

     All of these terms hold value for sure; but, they are often used to suppress the healthy expression of those who might benefit from them because of the power dynamics of our society.

     Westerners' tendencies toward pathologizing and institutionalizing non-normalized behavior then become iterated in language originally meant to empower.