Agree it’s more about upbringing and messaging. And also relate a lot to this.
But also I think it’s really hard to tell the “cause” of any given problem at an individual level. As recently as a few years ago, I would have put 80% weight on upbringing / messaging (which I agree aren’t the identities themselves but something associated with them). Nowadays I’m more agnostic about it.
I think it’s fine to seek out affinity groups and culturally-relevant advice to some degree. But also, there’s a tradeoff between exploring identities versus applying generic mental health advice. Especially when you get to intersectionality-type stuff like trifectas where the number of things to explore is gets incredibly vast very quickly.
Agree it’s more about upbringing and messaging. And also relate a lot to this.
But also I think it’s really hard to tell the “cause” of any given problem at an individual level. As recently as a few years ago, I would have put 80% weight on upbringing / messaging (which I agree aren’t the identities themselves but something associated with them). Nowadays I’m more agnostic about it.
I think it’s fine to seek out affinity groups and culturally-relevant advice to some degree. But also, there’s a tradeoff between exploring identities versus applying generic mental health advice. Especially when you get to intersectionality-type stuff like trifectas where the number of things to explore is gets incredibly vast very quickly.
thank you both for sharing your perspectives! :)