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There's an idea floating around that you "shouldn't hurt people". In general, this is a good idea. Sometimes there's obvious exceptions, like in self defense. Sometimes it's less obvious - your abusive romantic partner might be terribly hurt if you break up with them. Sometimes-
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Aella 17. pro
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Your conservative aunt might experience huge pain when she finds out you're not going to church. Maybe you want to lose weight but your best friend has an eating disorder and is really triggered by your new habits.
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Aella 17. pro
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Sometimes, we should hurt people - or, at least it's okay to hurt people. Sometimes, it's also okay to be hurt. Pain does not always justify controlling others, or others controlling us. Hurting someone should not be the only thing you use to evaluate your actions.
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Aella 17. pro
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And sometimes being too afraid of causing pain can result in dampened joy for everyone else, and insidious training wheels being reinstalled on our behavior. Any thriving community needs some level of pain tolerance!
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Aella 17. pro
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The way to handle pain in situations like these is to accept it exists, to hurt with the person feeling it, and then to compassionately continue with the thing that is good - break up with the boyfriend, but validate his pain. Lose weight, while hurting with your friend.
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Aella 17. pro
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Being hurt by an action doesn't mean it was wrong, but the action being good does not invalidate the pain.
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Visa ✈️ NYC! 🗽 (Apr23-May12) 17. pro
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In lots of Asian cultures this sort of idea perpetuates conspiracies of silence within families and communities. And this doesn’t minimise suffering either - abusers get off on abusing people who are can’t fight back
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Jeremias 17. pro
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Interesting thread! How about hurting isn't equal to harming, e.g. honestly criticizing a friend can hurt a lot but isn't necessarily harmful?
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Alpha Minus 17. pro
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Let me guess, in your interactions you're usually the side that hurts people and not vice versa.
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