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    Reiki and crystals

    The people who are buying rocks that (they feel) blocks negative energy aren't harming anyone. They're not being homophobic to their grandchildren. They're not starting theocracies and making it illegal for women to drive. If people want to spend a lot of money collecting rocks and it makes...
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    Reiki and crystals

    For many people, it's an alternative to religion. It attracts people who want to believe in a higher power, but don't agree with the war, dogma and other abuses associated with religion. I think mysticism is more popular in womens groups because it's egalitarian and inclusive to everyone...
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    Does social media help or make things harder for you?

    It's a nuanced subject. To say it's entirely good or entirely bad. Social media helps me keep in touch with a lot of people and see what's going on in their lives, in a way that I wouldn't if I just had their phone number, and all I'd see from them is a number and a name. I regularly install...
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    How do you explain cPTSD to people?

    It's more like a death of a thousand cuts rather than specific traumatic events. Like the repetition of certain things happening over and over that have sort of molded a perception of who I am in my brain. Like several years of being bullied in middle/high school because of my weight. Then a...
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    I overcame a body dysmorphia trigger

    There are some triggers related to body dysmorphia that could cause me to have a panic attack for hours. I haven't fixed all of them, but I have overcame some of them, and it gives me hope that I can overcome more of them. One of them for example was photos. If I look bad in a photo, I would...
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    Does anyone else delete text messages?

    Sometimes I delete entire message histories from texts with friends and family. I don't know if this is weird or not. I don't do it out of anger or anything against them. It's like a routine thing I do every month or two with most people. A lot of this happens if I say something that's...
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    How do you explain cPTSD to people?

    I suspect I have cPTSD and it's something I've shared with very few people, because it's hard to explain. Most people don't know the difference between cPTSD and PTSD. I'm not able to give a quick 5 second soundbite answer on why I get triggered by seemingly innocent things. It would take a...
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