11-27-2017, 12:25 AM
(11-26-2017, 05:52 PM)Rares Wrote: If there's any environment I want people to be comfortable in, it's here.
There's always going to be people with different opinions, it's natural and it should be encouraged. However that doesn't stop some from holding certain opinions that are impossible to break away from myself. I try not to judge others for their opinions and ideas, but I do know there are people who simply would not believe the truth of my partners. Either see them as "imaginary friends" or that they're "impossible" in what ever way.
It's not so much that I don't feel safe around them, it's knowing in the back of my mind that some people will devalue my relationship because of their own opinions. There's no way to stop it and no way to prove if anyone thinks that at all. It could be just a paranoia of mine, but when I think about posting what most would call personal things about me and mine I feel sure in the back of my mind that someone will read it and think less of it. They'll think I'm fabricating stories, the number of partners I have is unrealistic, that the events we experience are less than if it were "actually" happening in a manner of speaking.
I know that Lurker is the same way. Lyralover used to come out and say very disrespectful things to some people because he saw tulpae essentially as tools. Lurker has a very complex world he can visit, but to LL it wasn't anything special at all. This is old wounds I know, but it's something I read that sticks with me to this day. Knowing that some people can allegedly have tulpa, and at the same time say the events you experience with them aren't "real" and that they'll look at you and your experiences and think less of them for it.