Friends, we have to practice honesty. We owe it to our higher selves to exercise discipline and integrity when it comes to our mind’s inner workings because things get jumbled way too easily when your mindset isn’t clear.
Imagine, if I wear an outfit and you don’t like the way it looks, that’s fine and you are perfectly within your rights to dislike the outfit I’ve chosen for MY self. My style is a me thing and your opinion is a you thing. But when it becomes problematic for me is when YOU decide that it’s best for ME if YOU comment on my outfit. Now, it’s a YOU thing. That’s pretty obvious in plain terms and everyone follows. Super cool.
But what if the situation becomes more multi-dimensional? Let’s say there’s a heated discussion on Twitter.
The topic: “suicide as a result of major depression”.
Your thoughts on the matter sound something like: “Yeah, I get that because I’ve been depressed and I’ve thought about that before… I get it”. That thought automatically becomes a YOU thing.
But then someone pipes in with the typical passive-aggressive banter: “Honestly, you’re just overreacting”. OBVIOUSLY, you’re feeling inclined to say “How dare you process this thought in your head and form this opinion all on your own without coming to the same conclusion I did?”. Now that… that’s still a YOU thing.
However, what is not a YOU thing is that individual’s burning desire to express their controversial opinions publicly to others who may be experiencing severe emotional trauma (in an insensitive way at that). That’s just inappropriate and unnecessary – despite the plethora of logical evidence which may support their claim.
That’s called 🙂 attention seeking 🙂 which is a personal problem.
Therefore, the only reasonable solution for all parties involved is to recognize that not because you can say something means you should. It doesn’t matter if you are within your rights, it doesn’t matter if your argument makes sense… Purposefully stating your opinion within a context where it is not likely to received well is nothing but an ego-stroke. Straight up.
Indira Mahi ♡
Indira Mahi♡ 