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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

Anon is often crazy.
Anon is often depressed.
Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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Anon is a paramedic (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's survivorship bias. People with functional relationships with their parents (myself included) probably don't feel much need to weigh in.

People's families are complicated, and sometimes they need to vent. I (generally) don't see a problem with giving them space to do so.

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 7 points 21 hours ago

This is the exact reason I'm choosing to just scroll past some of these comments that are missing the bigger picture.

My own relationship with my family is incredibly complicated. But it's not really about the family. It's about the fact that somebody will miss you. But when you're that deep into depression, it's really hard to see.