• mrcleanup@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If feel like us guys are at a disadvantage here. All our lives were are told not to complain unless we bring a solution, not to cry, get up, keep moving.

    Then suddenly the thought pattern we have been trained on all our lives turns out to not be healthy for supporting others and it’s a hard transition to make when we want so desperately to help and are asked not to.

    Not saying it’s wrong, just hard.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      it’s a hard transition to make when we want so desperately to help and are asked not to.

      Listening is helping. It took me a while to get that, but we’re helping just by being quiet.

      • maniclucky@lemmy.world
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        Yup. It’s akin to “not making a choice is itself a choice”. It doesn’t feel like it is, but can be equally impactful.