“b-but bears are actually dangerous!” Shut the hell up.

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      Nope I definitely trust men more than I trust women. I don’t know what part of what I said sounds like that when I said I don’t trust women, not people.

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        sounds like a source of anxiety for you and I hope you can find resolution through therapy or general discussion or whatever healthy means you use. Or if it’s something in your life currently making you feel this way I how it gets resolved as well.

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          I don’t know why you’re being downvoted nobody has ever actually just acquiesced and listened to me so thank you for listening to me and not arguing with me.

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          Hey there, I’ve just downvoted you. The reason why is that you would have never told this to a woman who said “I definitely trust [women] more than I trust [men]. I don’t know what part of what I said sounds like that when I said I don’t trust [men], not people.”, therefore you’re patronizing this person, dismissing their claims and experiences and unusual and ultimately unworthy of being taken seriously. Yes, of course it sounds like there’s very likely some trauma behind her position, just as there’s trauma behind the women who say they’d choose the bear, but that is no proper reason to dismiss them when they want to use their experiences as a parting point to discuss social issues.

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            It’s funny that you downvoted this person because you didn’t take the time to wonder if his question was genuinely asked or not … I took the time, as the person who was supposed to be offended in the first place, to tell this person that they were wrong… and then they corrected themselves… it’s almost like you want to be offended on my behalf, but this guy did not upset me as much as your comment currently is upsetting me so that’s fucking hilarious.

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            I don’t really care that you downvoted me, and I am not being patronizing. I am expressing genuine concern for what they’re feeling, and hope they find resolution to it, whether it’s internal or external. I don’t know anything about their situation, I don’t know the cause, and I’m not going to presume I do. They seem to understand I was not being patronizing. You don’t need to pick a fight for somebody who has no issue with what I said - clearly we were on the same page.

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              Lol I got you my homie. To be fair, I did feel patronized… but we solved it so that’s wonderful and fantastic and we are still having a good end of our weekend, goddammnit are we not.

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          Dismissing someone’s concerns as a mental health issue. That’s actually horrifyingly toxic and completely illogical in this case. This is what people mean when they talk about concern trolling.

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            I did not dismiss it, I said mental health or environmental. I completely acknowledge that there could be something in their lives that is causing this problem. Did you actually read what I wrote?

            People need to talk to a therapist about their fear of airplanes, whether it’s rational or not. People have to talk to a therapist about car crashes, whether it’s rational or not. If you are worried about something and it causes you anxiety, you should talk to a therapist. The source is not my concern, the help you need is.

            And again, specifically said if there were something in their lives causing this problem I hope it is also resolved. That is acknowledging it could be a real world thing, an external factor, causing them problems. So please read what I wrote before you give me another unnecessary lecture

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              People need to talk to a therapist about their fear of airplanes, whether it’s rational or not. People have to talk to a therapist about car crashes, whether it’s rational or not. If you are worried about something and it causes you anxiety, you should talk to a therapist. The source is not my concern, the help you need is.

              That’s not what therapy is for. If there is a real life problem causing you anxiety or anger the solution is to fix that problem of to remove yourself from the situation. Talking to a therapist is not a solution to real life problems. Anxiety, fear, and anger all exist for a reason and they can all be productive emotions in the right context. The only time you should see a therapist for a rational concern is if said concern can’t practically be escaped or fixed.