me_irl

6176 readers

258 users here now

All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

herrwoland@lemmy.world

695

me_irl (lazysoci.al)

submitted 3 days ago by LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al to c/me_irl@lemmy.world

66 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] mriormro@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People can have difficulty tolerating the idea that they have any control over their internal experience

This shit is a lazy response to the reality of a lot of people's actual experiences and, truthfully, may as well be a postmodern signpost for the allegory of the cave.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

I work in homeless services now and help meet people's very basic needs and try to get them housed. I don't need you to lecture me about people's actual experiences, I've seen the worst.

Recognizing that anyone can learn to exert more control over their own internal experience does nothing to delegitimize anyone's life experience. Not only that, I believe it empowers people.

What's funny is in my anecdotal experience, the group most resistant to the concept of mindfulness are people of privilege