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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
I get all comfortable with the idea of going back to work and then I hear about another hate crime and then I don't even want to leave my house to get groceries. I wish my therapist could be a bit more reassuring instead of saying "when it happens you need to be prepared" because how does she know it will happen? How is she so sure I'll be the target of discrimnation? This is what ****s me over every week in therapy which is why last week I said I did not want to discuss any of it. I think we confuse each other a lot of the time. I do really want to go back to work. But the news can be scary.
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Mountaindewed, we've all got to be strong and not let hate make us hide or back down. Your therapist is correct that it is out there and on the rise. Since just before 2016 it's been especially stoked and many with hate feel empowered and given a voice, where it "seemed" less prevalent in the past. To hide to avoid possible hate is to let hate win and to give up life.
No one seems to be immune from hate crimes, especially nowadays. Not even me and I'm not exactly a person many would point at as a likely recipient of one. I've also been a victim of other types of crime. The lessons I've learned keep me safer, but without giving up the life I want.
We must all build up figurative calluses, to a degree. We must also fight for what's best.