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4:05pm July 23, 2014

realsocialskills:

Anonymous said to realsocialskills:

You had a piece on feeling unsafe vs. being unsafe and I wanted to add:

• you are unsafe if people are pressuring you to do things that will use up spoons needed for survival
• you are unsafe if you are around people who can get you to say things you don’t want to say
• you are unsafe if you don’t understand what’s going on and the people around you have not earned your trust
• you are unsafe if you see powerful people hurt someone else on the same power level as you, or if they deny power.

realsocialskills said:

Those are all important additions. Thank you. I’d also add a general rule: You are unsafe if everyone is trying to make you feel safe without first listening to you about the danger you’re perceiving. 

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