LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNot me but I get itpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down118
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageNot me but I get itpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoOne is the surprise of being mildly hurt. The other is all of your brain’s processing power being consumed by the pain of being really hurt.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd years of trauma from being hurt, then being told that “it shouldn’t hurt, real men don’t cry”.
One is the surprise of being mildly hurt.
The other is all of your brain’s processing power being consumed by the pain of being really hurt.
And years of trauma from being hurt, then being told that “it shouldn’t hurt, real men don’t cry”.