there is a lot of things i want to talk about, just to get it off my chest. but the more i think of it, the more i wonder, what the etiquette of spacehey really is. on vent, it is often acceptable in certain circles to document short outbursts of unfiltered frustration, hate without nuance. people would know it was just, well, 'venting'. it wasn't (most of the time) attributed to me personally. no, i don't mean bigoted ideologies like racism, sexism, ableism. i would never excuse that for anyone. i mean raw annoyance, perceived 'stupidity' of people, complaining about 'neurotypicals' or men. suicidal and homicidal ideation, intrusive thoughs (they aren't fun).
so here i wonder, will my unnuanced and often quite antisocial outbursts be used against me? will they define me as a person here? quite often i do know what is logically 'right', i do perceive the nuances. i don't actually 'hate', think of someone badly etc. i wouldn't use it in a productive discussion. sometimes i don't need a discussion or want counter-arguments at all, because what people would tell me, i already know and accept. but my emotions often do not match that and being able to not let it boil in me has been really therapeutic so far.
being around autistic, psychopatic, antisocial and narcissistic people gave me some sort safe space to let it all out without it affecting my everyday life. i am aware that not everyone will have the same understanding. so i am quite in a bind here. well, i am still figuring it out. am i more of an essay guy, or a public diary fellow? do i have to redact and keep myself in check rigidly, or will a bunch of disclaimers and warnings be enough?
i do want to be creative and productive, share things with people, while also being able to express myself in less socially acceptable ways and let out my frustrations. maybe find someone who understands me or hypes me up, hence no private diary. i know that many things i wrote in the comfortable, private circle of my mutuals on vent wouldn't be as accepted on other social media, if only because of societal standards akin to those in real life. i know there are minors on here, and while i do have a DNI, it would be harder to keep them away here anyway.
i wonder what a good compromise would be. maybe starting to use a series of tags at the beginning of the post or in the title would be a good call. i would like to hear your thoughts about it, if you were curious enough to read till the end.
any ableist comments towards people with cluster B disorders or neurodivergenices will be disregarded.
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+1 for trigger warnings & tags! places like spacehey that give you the right to personalization & expression (through bulletins, blogs, etc.) should also give you the right to creating your own safe space within these features :-)
thank you for so much for your support! i plan to create a place that is safe for me but comfortable for others as well :) i plan to stay here for a long time, afterall
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safe spaces to express everything on your mind/your problems/etc. are kind of hard to come by on any platform that's not catered towards ppl who need to let those thoughts out :( the way i see it, the safest way would be to have TWs or hashtags in the title and the first row of those specific blogs; if anyone chooses to ignore them, then that is not your problem anymore because you did your best to redirect them. maybe you could even put on your profile the fact that you write about such things as well?
overall, i think that in time you'll find people that understand, but that takes trial and error. the unfriend and block buttons exist for anyone who thinks these blogs/subjects are not for them :) sending you many hugs!!
thank you for your kind comment! you inspired me to create a tagging system and an appropriately visible place for disclaimers in my blogs. i know that creating my safe space will take time and effort, but i want to do it in a way that ensures other people's safety as well.
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