June 5th, 2023

edited 2023-06-05 · open in Roam

#2tweet you don't have to hate yourself

you don't have to hate yourself for hating yourself

you don't have to hate yourself for hating yourself for hating yourself

but it's okay if you do
- - you don't have to hate yourself
    
    you don't have to hate yourself for hating yourself
    
    you don't have to hate yourself for hating yourself for hating yourself
    
    but it's okay if you do
#2tweet you don't have to trust me

you don't have to trust me when I say "you don't have to trust me"

you don't have to trust me when I say "you don't have to trust me when I say 'you don't have to trust me'"

if I seem full of shit... maybe I am!
- - you don't have to trust me
    
    you don't have to trust me when I say "you don't have to trust me"
    
    you don't have to trust me when I say "you don't have to trust me when I say 'you don't have to trust me'"
    
    if I seem full of shit... maybe I am!
  - alternate last lines
    - if I seem full of shit... don't fall for it
    - if I seem to be trying to trick you, don't fall for it
    - if you can't tell if I'm serious, maybe I'm not
    - I can't make you trust me if you don't
    - < something about feeling at ease >
    - there's a thing it would feel like if you did, and if you don't, you don't
  - but it's too easy for these sentences to either
    - create a double bind
      - (whereas the whole point of the final line in this structure is that it's supposed to release the double-bind energy created by the start)
    - totally accept myself as inherently untrustworthy, rather than from their perspective
      - which "maybe I'm full of shit" kinda does