the reason so many people are quick to act like edgeworth and gumshoe are close friends despite that so clearly not being what the dynamic is is because they're afraid to embrace the deep bond of intimacy and trust you need to be someone's goon. gumshoe is edgeworth's most devoted and trusty henchman. nothing more nothing less.
At some point in your life, you were taught that being slightly annoying is an unforgivable sin. Maybe it was by your parents or a teacher or a friend or a bully or an older sibling. But someone taught you that being slightly annoying is a crime punishable by death.
You must unlearn this.
You must accept that all people will be annoying at some point or another in their lives, maybe all of their lives, and that this is okay. It is okay for strangers on the bus, it is okay for children in the grocery store, it is okay for people on social media, and it is okay for you.
If you ever want to truly love your fellow humans, if you ever want to truly love yourself, you must have forgiveness for being annoying.
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when people talk about how addicts have a responsibility to "recover" (whatever that means) or how psychotic people have a responsibility to accept "treatment" (again. whatever that means) they are making a fuckton of assumptions. and I want every single one of them to ask themselves the following:
what makes you think that "recovery" is an all-or-nothing process?
what makes you think that there is only one "correct" way to manage complex mental illness?
what do you mean by "responsibility"? responsibility to whom?
what makes you assume that addicts and psychotic people who "refuse treatment" are harder to "deal with" than those of us in treatment?
and this is why harm reduction needs to be more broadly understood and acknowledged as a valid approach to illness in all its forms
the person who is following the principles of harm reduction but still engaging in substance use is likely healthier than the person who is trying for complete sobriety but has no other coping mechanisms under their belt. the person who is being forced to take medication with a million side effects should be allowed to stop taking that medication, regardless of what it's for. etc etc
from here, you may also want to consider that health (including mental health) is not an indicator of morality, and that a poorly managed addiction or psychotic disorder is not a sign that someone is evil
Ummmm sometimes you dread the weight of your life and other times it is an early morning in april and there are 5 species of birds singing and also the sun is shining through the baby leaves. Btw