“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent” is such a pernicious bit of victim-blaming gaslighting masquerading as positivity

It is in no way true and thinking otherwise is borderline delusions of grandeur. https://twitter.com/rene_marcellus/status/1252687162836791296

I AM AN ALL-POWERFUL BEING IMMUNE FROM THE EFFECTS OTHER PEOPLES’ WORDS HAVE ON ME

Exactly https://twitter.com/radcrochetqueer/status/1252785420062031872

Here’s a secret: All emotions happen without your consent. You only get to choose what you do with those feelings, not what you feel, and the options of what you can do with those feelings are limited by factors outside of your control, not least of all trauma.

Therapies and certain healing practices function to give you increased optionality about what to do with your emotions, in part by introducing you to new ideas and contexts. That’s one of the things they’re for.