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Droplet · 01-01-2011, 11:21 PM

I do understand this - well how it happens. Often when I am getting my feelings out in words, when I read it back I see I have written things that could be seen as glamourising. I think this is because I am being very truthful, honest and saying things I wouldn't say in other situations. Also perhaps because the style I write in is quite wordy and because I feel things very strongly. (sorry dont think i explained that very well!)

However, I do also sometimes find myself reading rants in the r/v board and getting slightly 'triggered' because it FEELS to me like they are encouraging it and making it sound glamourous. I do realise that isn't their intent probably and my interpretation and that it is my feelings so I should be more responsible with where I look and what I read. Still, I do feel that.

About the numbers, to me X is so much better than XXX. I think it's because everyone knows that 2000 calories is the RDA for most women, and that makes it clear that XXX is going to be less than half that, which is a drastic difference - so I just don't understand why people need to make it clear that they are eating that much. I guess to me it seems like a a bit of competitive/comparitive (as in very comparing to other people) behaviour.

It is often said to focus on the feelings (which i do agree with) but then again, all the other stuff does exist so letting it out somewhere must be good.. I think.

01-01-2011, 11:21 PM	#22
Droplet Join Date: Nov 2008	I do understand this - well how it happens. Often when I am getting my feelings out in words, when I read it back I see I have written things that could be seen as glamourising. I think this is because I am being very truthful, honest and saying things I wouldn't say in other situations. Also perhaps because the style I write in is quite wordy and because I feel things very strongly. (sorry dont think i explained that very well!) However, I do also sometimes find myself reading rants in the r/v board and getting slightly 'triggered' because it FEELS to me like they are encouraging it and making it sound glamourous. I do realise that isn't their intent probably and my interpretation and that it is my feelings so I should be more responsible with where I look and what I read. Still, I do feel that. About the numbers, to me X is so much better than XXX. I think it's because everyone knows that 2000 calories is the RDA for most women, and that makes it clear that XXX is going to be less than half that, which is a drastic difference - so I just don't understand why people need to make it clear that they are eating that much. I guess to me it seems like a a bit of competitive/comparitive (as in very comparing to other people) behaviour. It is often said to focus on the feelings (which i do agree with) but then again, all the other stuff does exist so letting it out somewhere must be good.. I think.
Droplet Join Date: Nov 2008	The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea. Wind in the Willows.