I'm going to fight Dr Chuck Tingle with my fists and I will lose
"Slowly disconnecting from your community--from your family--is difficult, and while it seems like unearthing their sinister motives and dark secrets might make the process easier, it will never entirely quell the pain.
"I've been avoiding this dark ache by keeping my mind busy whilemy body couldn't be, but it hasn't gone away. The sadness is still there, lurking in the corner like a pale demon in a red polo, just waiting to finally be acknowledged.
"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised is conditional."
WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT, SIR? WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DO THIS TO ME AGAIN AFTER THE "THEY JUST DON'T CARE" BUT FROM STRAIGHT?
Anyway, go read Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle . If you like horror you're gonna love it. If you're queer, deconstructed from religion, or neurodivergent, you're gonna feel seen.
I've already written down so much to talk to my therapist about when she's back from vacation.
