Thanks for sharing this, Cami! The part where you mention friends throwing blogposts back at you really hit hard, and I feel your vulnerability in those words and following lines. But take it from me, I've been reading your posts since MIT blog days, and now as I start my own Substack, it's your vulnerability and those of many others on the MIT blogs that allowed me to get in touch with my own vulnerability and realize that we can be great humans because of and through those vulnerabilities. Keep writing, whether you post them on here or not <3
I’ve had people throw blogposts in my face, asking if I’m really okay because my blogposts say otherwise and it makes me feel gross in a way I can’t even really describe. To cite these posts as some concrete proof of my wellbeing or state, when they can be weeks old or months old, makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. And people feel entitled to making these sweeping claims because they read these posts and suddenly feel as though they know me, that they can make deductions or hypotheses or claims about my psyche from them alone. » ugh so true >____<
Thanks for sharing this, Cami! The part where you mention friends throwing blogposts back at you really hit hard, and I feel your vulnerability in those words and following lines. But take it from me, I've been reading your posts since MIT blog days, and now as I start my own Substack, it's your vulnerability and those of many others on the MIT blogs that allowed me to get in touch with my own vulnerability and realize that we can be great humans because of and through those vulnerabilities. Keep writing, whether you post them on here or not <3
this was so well written and profound ❤️
I’ve had people throw blogposts in my face, asking if I’m really okay because my blogposts say otherwise and it makes me feel gross in a way I can’t even really describe. To cite these posts as some concrete proof of my wellbeing or state, when they can be weeks old or months old, makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. And people feel entitled to making these sweeping claims because they read these posts and suddenly feel as though they know me, that they can make deductions or hypotheses or claims about my psyche from them alone. » ugh so true >____<