so one thing i wanna sort of, put forth here, is that a lot of plural stuff goes into religious territory! and that& #39;s like. absolutely fine

it& #39;s,,,, less fine when you don& #39;t Call it That https://twitter.com/elliottdunstan/status/1280630300104679424">https://twitter.com/elliottdu...

so i guess a big part of what I want people to consider - and this is very broadly aimed - is how important it actually is to you that people wholeheartedly believe in the way that you experience the world

not & #39;believe& #39; as in & #39;accept is real& #39;

& #39;believe& #39; as in Faith

the trouble with plural, other mental health, and queer experiences all being so closely intertwined is that you have sysmeds, transmeds, and plain old & #39;Phobes muddying the waters on what & #39;belief& #39; means

I don& #39;t believe in head-hopping, or alternate universes, or a host of other things (haha host) but that& #39;s not like... I don& #39;t live in your head. Idk what happens for you. My belief does not entail & #39;therefore you& #39;re lying& #39; because for me, that& #39;s tantamount to saying-

-that me being Jewish is the same as calling atheists liars/wrong. Which, I don& #39;t. So I hope that kinda puts things in perspective about my Overall Approach! and like - the medical/spiritual line blurring isn& #39;t *terrible* but needs a lot of caution

this is also a good place to quietly add that when you belligerently go "plurality ISNT a MENTAL ILLNESS" i do, in fact, see you, and as a mentally ill person, wonder why that& #39;s so terrible,

so,

some extra food for thought there,