Essays, Lectures, and Rants : The Thoughts Of Elaine Barlow
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Essays
I spend most of my time writing on social media and journaling. This section contains my various writings over the years including some dug up from the Internet Archives.
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You Are Dysfunctional
People online have NO CLUE how to behave or how to treat each other in healthy or civilized ways. And yes, I do blame social media.
How I Learned Control
I have said many times before that stoicism saved my life as a child and this thread has been another example as to how and why.
Feed Yourself Not Your Abusers
Find your best way to survive far beyond negativity. Negativity only feeds your abusers and takes needed strength and energy away from you for thriving.
You Are In Control
We can't control external events, but we can control our response to them, finding peace and resilience in embracing whatever life throws our way.
Dysregulating Isn’t Surviving
Survival is a badge you earn but that doesn't mean you can use it to judge others as weak. Surviving is a choice. Your reality is not everyone's reality.
Know Your Class
I can always tell people who game and people who don't. I can always tell people who have worked in a party system and those who haven't.
I Am Different Than You
I think one of the fundamental differences with people who are considered neurodivergent is foreground processing and hyper-awareness of that processing.
No Thank You
I'm not interested in any community that has rules on how I should define myself to fit THEM or dictates my entire existence on a handful of factors.
Frostpunk 2: Hopeless Madness
We survived the end of the world and now we've really gone crazy. And why not? We have nothing better to do and merely surviving is boring AF. Let's fuck some shit up and kill some snowflakes.
You Absolutely Are Enough
There was no point in my life where I was allowed to be just myself. I was not well liked, appreciated, or seen by the majority of people. That was fine.