Maeve

When pigs fly...

I'm wondering how depletion of the ozone may contribute to kidney failure. Seems we have high incidences of ESRD in my tiny community, but then, plenty of unhealthy diets abound, resulting in diabetes, high BP (which absolutely causes kidney failure, left untreated, and many of my neighbors struggle), bad teeth, substance use disorder, etc.

Interesting note in this mint sauce recipe.

Yes it is. Men and women can support each other holistically and as a whole. We just have to realize there are opportunists among us, and they are also unwell, more unwell than us. I'm not sure how to handle persistent, demonstrable undermining, but I'd gather after a couple or few instances, sadly, somehow segregating them if and until they seek serious professional therapy from experienced therapists trained in personality disorders with a proven track record of the behavior being curtailed over long periods of time. But I am not a therapist.

Plus they're made from free prison labor farming the ingredients.

You are welcome, and thank you for telling me that. It looks like many of us here support you. Please come converse with us, when IRL support is lacking.

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I see both sides. It takes enough men and women admitting there's an experience that can be improved, and both have vested interests in not improving it. Sadly, behavioral issues are shamed, rather than understood. I've known people who were sent to jails, prisons, psych wards, and the family distanced and blamed. Even those who self-harm, even self-unalive are treated with embarrassment, anger, guilt and shame.

100% agreed. Bottling things up creates exploiters of those who would show emotions.

I was told that as a girl, so... People exploit feelings, and I get it. We need to work towards healing for those who exploit feelings, too

Yes. I'm one of the women other women resent-and usually the men who are suffering, too - because I do point it out. I'd love it if we can all come together and work towards healing our community. Or another one. You can't force people to heal.

That's ... TFW words aren't enough and too much, at once.