Helen’s post also resonated a lot with me. But this comment even more so. Thank you, geoffrey, for reminding me that I want to lean away from disillusionment à la your footnote :-)
(A similar instance of this a few months back: I was describing these kinds of feelings to an EA-adjacent acquaintance in his forties and he said, “That doesn’t sound like a problem with EA. That sounds like growing up.” And despite being a 30-year-old woman, that comment didn’t feel at all patronising, it felt spot on.)
Helen’s post also resonated a lot with me. But this comment even more so. Thank you, geoffrey, for reminding me that I want to lean away from disillusionment à la your footnote :-)
(A similar instance of this a few months back: I was describing these kinds of feelings to an EA-adjacent acquaintance in his forties and he said, “That doesn’t sound like a problem with EA. That sounds like growing up.” And despite being a 30-year-old woman, that comment didn’t feel at all patronising, it felt spot on.)
Would be interested to hear what the problems/feelings in your case were :)