it gets on my nerves a bit. i was always a human-centric person. i value genuine connection and love over everything and for me, this is my joy and happiness. i don't strive for or need anything else, just sharing a life with someone, loving and being loved, discovering new things together and having experiences is enough.
for some reason other people tend to pathologize my way of life and what makes me happy. it's almost as if they want me to rewire my brain, rewrite my history and change what i am. when you say that relationships and people make you happy, you are seen as a leech, an "incomplete person" that needs to learn how to be happy in solitude, or else there's something deeply wrong with you…
no thanks. i've been in solitude for most of my life. it didn't make me happy. i managed well, but i wasn't happy. i don't care that my idea of happiness and my ultimate life goal don't fit the capitalistic narrative of having your career/hobbies as a center of your life. we are different, and that's okay. i need other human(s) to be happy, and that's okay. i'm simply tired of everyone telling me that it's not normal to be myself.
for some reason other people tend to pathologize my way of life and what makes me happy. it's almost as if they want me to rewire my brain, rewrite my history and change what i am. when you say that relationships and people make you happy, you are seen as a leech, an "incomplete person" that needs to learn how to be happy in solitude, or else there's something deeply wrong with you…
no thanks. i've been in solitude for most of my life. it didn't make me happy. i managed well, but i wasn't happy. i don't care that my idea of happiness and my ultimate life goal don't fit the capitalistic narrative of having your career/hobbies as a center of your life. we are different, and that's okay. i need other human(s) to be happy, and that's okay. i'm simply tired of everyone telling me that it's not normal to be myself.
