pikestaff

Over the Moebius Skies

Fond of yuri and giant robots. Char Aznable's Pet Eevee, for better or for worse. Probably for worse.

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Anonymous User asked:

Im asking here because your tumblr doesnt let anon asks but I saw you`re post about cringe. I have the opposite problem of most people I think. I fully accept when other people have cringe interests but I struggle with accepting myself. Do you have advice for this?

Hi! I'm pretty sure you're talking about a post I made that went viral a few months ago, where I said that adults having "cringe" interests is just as fine as kids and teens having "cringe" interests. So I'm going to answer based on that.

Honestly I think a lot of times accepting yourself can be difficult, just because societal expectations really are a lot of pressure. I've definitely felt this too. There are two things that really help me a lot in this area and one of them is probably actual good advice and the other one is just Me Being Me, but I'll explain both.

So the first one is that people are always going to be more concerned with themselves and things that involve themselves than with anyone else. The cashier at the store you said something awkward to will forget you the second you walk out the door because they only care about their next break. The kid who said something weird to you on twitter is going to have to do their homework and deal with their parents now. Etc. Ultimately I just think we don't take up much space in the brains of most people, so I don't want to expend a lot of my own mental space thinking about it.

The second one, and this one is admittedly very "me" and may not work for everyone - I tend to see things on a cosmic scale and frankly, in five billion years the sun is going to become a red giant and any life remaining on earth will die, and when that happens no one is going to care that I spent my life extremely into anime.

I hope you find something that works for you!


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