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Beauty is a Reflection of Inner Feeling

childrencylinder
childrencylinder
Sober•Dec 23, 2025, 2:21 PM•2 min read
Self-Discovery
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 2:21 PM
baseline
Beauty is not unattainability, beauty is a reflection of a feeling from the inside
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 2:23 PM
cannabis
if you identify with humanity you start to find humanity beautiful
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 2:24 PM
cannabis
the distancing mechanism employed by feeling contemptuous towards humanity is a protective measure from trauma
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 2:26 PM
cannabis
i use trauma in this context in a more physical sense, Not capital T Trauma, but little t trauma like a physical cut, it is severance from fullness. contempt is a defensive contraction
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 2:29 PM
cannabis
A cut needs a scab; living inside the scab is what causes rigidity and numbness. In medicine, we don’t just rip scabs off—we debride wounds selectively, under controlled conditions, to restore circulation and allow clean tissue to close.
rebelkatt
rebelkattDec 23, 2025, 3:29 PM
sleepy
@childrencylinder such an effective analogy😻 I feel like i just learned something new too, I'm off to look into the debride process 🖤
rebelkatt
rebelkattDec 23, 2025, 3:32 PM
sleepy
@childrencylinder hmmm better left to the professionals they say, still fascinating & better than the sloppy version of scab ripping tho👀
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 3:56 PM
cannabis
@rebelkatt I think in like a non metaphorical sense it’s like the truth of our own individual nature doesn’t have to be ripped off to be revealed to us, we have cradles like therapy to open up carefully in. Or if not therapy other gentle methods
rebelkatt
rebelkattDec 23, 2025, 4:22 PM
coffee
@childrencylinder that makes absolute sense 🖤 & it makes me smile to know that

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