People are making me feel crazy about fearing Covid. I heard a therapist go “I don’t want to say Covid is OVER…” (but)
literally just ignore them, can’t do much else.
also helps that i think masks are pretty cute i guess?
Accept and cope for me.
I’m gonna get covid multiple times for the rest of my life regardless of how I try to avoid it. Best I can do is give someone an “I told you so” when they get long covid, but it’s not worth much
Gaslighting is when someone lies to convince you of something they know is not true. The people who are telling you these things do not feel the same way about COVID as you. You are not being gaslit. You are being confronted with a perspective different than your own.
Yea, the intention may not be one of gaslighting but the result is the same. Harmful and dangerous
I think it’s kind of obtuse to conflate someone who spreads misinformation as a form of abusive control over another person with someone who spreads misinformation because they’re uninformed. Ignorance is harmful but this is one thing where I think intent matters.
They know it’s not true because they get angry if you disagree with them.
If you’re a “people who don’t wear masks are doing genocide” type I don’t think you want to go with “anger indicates someone is lying”.
Tbh, I’ve largely stopped putting much weight into the words of people who have been taken in by the “back to normal” sticker in my head and their opinions just don’t carry much weight. I still love them and would like to help them, but I’m not gonna be able to butt heads with them into accepting reality. The way our behavior is determined typically happens at a level much broader than one on one interactions and so I try to spend my time thinking on how to fight the consent manufacturing machine. Mostly, I just avoid certain topics and focus on trying to be a good role model, and someone that can be there for them when shit gets so bad that they need help. Honestly, I get far more stressed worrying about the consequences of their ignorance than what they think of me.🤷♂️
you’re not crazy. they’re wrong. you can ignore them or confront them, but ultimately you’re going to have to learn to live with them being wrong. just gotta do what you can to protect yourself.
