Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Thank you for all of your responses to this post. The number of people who are hurting deeply and have been for most or all of our lives is simply terrible in ways that are beyond the words I have to describe. This Trump/Fascist regime is a threat echo of the trauma most of us know & still endure. 1123513 0
mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 15/10/2026static.klipy.comحضن بوALT: حضن بو 0200 0
paulshinbone.bsky.social @paulshinbone.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Lazy welfare leeches are mythological monsters. 000 0
I'm Beth @nursejungabel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The psychological effect on our children after generations now of school murders, hangings, killings and actual brutality against children; them living it, but us allowing it, hasn't been missed by them. What must they think of their value in society if we didn't care that they were being butchered. 040 0
imjusttrying2think.bsky.social @imjusttrying2think.bsky.social · 16/10/2026My heart goes out to all who relate to this. As my daughter (adopted at age 11 from a foreign orphanage) says, “mom, when you’ve had a life like mine, and you get somewhere you feel safe, you just want to stay right there.” 0251 0
@LuLuRoche @luluroche.bsky.social · 15/10/20262 years old for me.leading to severe ptsd. but nature is beautiful and we can ponder her for peace. 1141 0
alienjawdee.bsky.social @alienjawdee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Earlier for me. Alienated by the place I was born. Becoming a refugee was not pleasant. It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. 110618 0
Ruti @ruticious.bsky.social · 16/10/20266. It’s been since I was 6 years old. I’m still working on it. 010 0
Doing it my way @allidoisgame.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I want a super soft life because my nervous system is in over drive and im lazy 020 0
margot-and-hamish2.bsky.social @margot-and-hamish2.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Mine since 7 when my dad died and nearly 80years since. Nothing is new. 080 0
Phineas Tiresias Gama Fury @phineas-fury.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Since I became aware of my older sister and when I started school. 020 0
Pastor Of Muppets @dazedmang.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Humans have been like this since this forever. 020 0
Silk Flame @silkflame.bsky.social · 15/10/2026At least age 3 for me. Spent most of my life dissociated (not DID, just 'not present'). Thought I was past that until 2016. Ugh. 040 0
VH @purplevh80.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Preach. That's why we, US citizens) are some of the most medicated (legal or illegal)group of humans on Earth. 020 0
Political Opossum @cheezygoodness.bsky.social · 16/10/2026When I was 4, we got kicked out of the projects because my dad tried to move in with the girl across the hall that he’d been cheating on my mom with. I went to 10 elementary schools in 5 states. I didn’t graduate high school because my parents dragged me 2,000 miles across the country to be homeless 110 0
Miles Holmes @infinitygate.bsky.social · 15/10/2026How about a bloody revolt for a couple months then soft life a couple decades? 0130 0
A Starry Knight 🗽⚖🗽 @a-starry-knight.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This resonated with me so much this morning. Always good to know one's not alone in feeling this way... 😔 I just want some dignity and peace. Nothing fancy. Just want to smell the darn roses without feeling guilty or in fear of the next calamity. It's too much! 130 0
Trisha H @armygurl1999.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I feel this so hard. Except my hard-life story began before I was in Kindergarten. At the hands of the very people who were supposed to keep me safe. And then they taught me their abuse was normal and that other kids had it so much worse. Of course other kids had it worse in different ways; but.. 130 0
AJ Nyx (she/her) @ajnyx.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is so relatable. 6 years old for me, and it feels worse every year. All these advancements in technology have only made life softer for a very small percentage of people, most of whom have never actually struggled in their life. 060 0
Ladyroseofky @ladylovesjj.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Understand I think a lot of us are looking for same 040 0
☭ Mutha Nature 🐸 Bodily Autonomy For ALL🏳️⚧️ @muthanature.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I've been fawning since I opened my eyes and saw what I had to survive. Learning how to love myself and finding peace in nature and loving time with my daughter. You deserve only love and kindness.♥️ 030 0
justanother108.bsky.social @justanother108.bsky.social · 16/10/2026That sounds like you were born around 1973 020 0
Pissed Off Pensioner @columbiariverwitch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I'd say since I crawled out of my playpen, but yeah, childhood was constant fight or flight. I was scrawny, so I became a master of flight/hiding. 030 0
Simon @simon437.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The digital equivalent of a nod across a crowded room. We've reached peak efficiency: the "this" is now the entire argument. 010 0
Bitten by a Rattler - Which Cost $283K, Not a Typo @bohocoach.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Sounds about right 030 0
charicola.bsky.social @charicola.bsky.social · 15/10/2026*Literally this...and 2 non-genetic chronic autoimmune diseases later.... 030 0
RonaldRump @ronaldrump.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I was exactly 8 when the innocence of life was stripped from me. Never to return. I will wake up again tomorrow to face another struggle. 3281 0
papoo2u @papoo2u.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I will never forgive Trump's enablers. As I'm in the latter stages of life, to have to spend a portion of it under a psychopath, is beyond the pale. We have half a country that can't read above a sixth grade level and doesn't have the skills to recognize fact from fiction. We must do better. I fully 160 0
Kathryn @neurodiverseslp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Knowing I will never be financially able to retire causes me daily stress. I changed jobs to lessen my anxiety, but my brain keeps telling me I should take a second job for monetary reasons. Kinda defeats the purpose. 160 0
🟧Mis Andrist🟧Queen of Hell 🟧🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @crystalmariepa5.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I was 4 when my first memories of bad things happening were formed. My older sister told me that bad things had been happening long before that. 0160 0
👻🎃 Duchess 🎃👻 @duchessofdis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Totally my life. I started therapy. Told her everything. Then she got sick and took an indeterminate leave of absence. I had tongue cancer. Hard enough to talk to one person, much less someone new. Now I'm writing a memoir. It's the only therapy I have left. 😢🫂💙 2140 0
noiseysprite.bsky.social @noiseysprite.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Welcome to LIFE dear! But, it is YOUR choice as to how you respond to life and its tribulations! 240 0
Lynne Schaefermeyer @lynnes97.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In my case, since I was nine! Thank you for posting this. 020 0
delorme1 @xavier205.bsky.social · 15/10/2026So true!! I don't wish to return to my childhood or adolescence at all!! Very bumpy ride. 050 0
Mededitor @mededitor.bsky.social · 16/10/2026What I am doing in retirement now: Not a goddam thing. 020 0
quitman.bsky.social @quitman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It is an absolute shame that the Evangelicals and Baptist have created this life for all of us. 051 0
Yo Soy Azul... @canyallsaycrazy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026yet unenlightened people see this as soft weak or selfish... 061 0
Liz Schiller #DefundthePolice @lizzzs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Thanks for sharing this. PLEASE include #AltText when you post images and screen shots! It's easy, just touch the ALT on the image right before you post and you can add a description or transcript. This makes the image accessible to folks who use screen readers. 050 0
Michelle likes democracy. @democracymichelle.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I like very little stress, lots of busy and fulfilling time, and hilarious conversations. Smell all the flowers, do all the pleasant things. 030 0
Luke @deadinside40.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I just want a one bedroom apartment and to be left alone. But thanks to the price of everything I have zero interest in trying. I might get 4 or 8 years of a Democrat president again before I die and no matter how great things are when they leave office the next republican will fuck it all up again. 070 0
cvalentine65.bsky.social @cvalentine65.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We did have 8 years with Obama & 4 years with Biden where we didn't have to wake up and wonder if today was the last day of democracy. 030 0
Bamboozer @bamboozer2112.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Me Too! Endless wars, too many to list, the rich eternally tying to buy the government, inflation followed by recessions and a distinct feeling the economy, the law and the government are rigged for the rich. 080 0
quest4zen @quest4zen.bsky.social · 19hI don't remember ever not feeling anxious. I was an anxious child, teen, and adult. These days I have learned some techniques to keep it at a mostly manageable level. In the run up to the midterms I'm struggling. 000 0
Elizabeth Malayter @elizabethrivian.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I sympathize. I feel that I have been on high alert for years… 020 0
karenwalz-kk62.bsky.social @karenwalz-kk62.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Since 1972 here And I'm fkn exausted but far from lazy. Even when I should be being lazy. 040 0
Only Evil @oc-cult.bsky.social · 15hYour engagement ratings would say otherwise. I’m 💯 solo sexless and hated by most of reality. You should see how that fairs for flight or fight. 000 0
Greg, RN-BSN, BSBA, MSN @gspowers29.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I got over my fight or flight syndrome when I became an RN. Got used to not fleeing. And nurses aren't supposed to fight. And I started to talk more...a lot more. I just got burned out, which is different. 030 0
LH in L.A. @lcla.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Mine started at age 3 when my mother started her mantra of "if you're not good, mommy will die." 170 0
cairbear00000.bsky.social @cairbear00000.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Since before I have real memories. I was born into chaos. At two I was moved into more. I didn’t know real peace until I had full control of my own life. 0190 0
Cammy 💙🪷🐈 @rogue347.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I’ve survived a lot of shit in 54 years, I’m not about to be made to feel guilty about being “lazy”. Life is more than an endless list of obligations to satisfy. 040 0
Menen Kim @menenkim.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I seriously have wanted to just lay down and rest my entire life. 040 0
Old Man Dog @lonecala40.bsky.social · 16/10/2026That's called PTSD and just about every child of early life divorce has it. I've been reading some interesting studies about how people who may present autistic are likely suffering from early child PTSD. Childhood stress can have sever structural consequences for your brain's neural pathways. 060 0
partlycloudy59.bsky.social @partlycloudy59.bsky.social · 15/10/2026As an adult I now realize I was absolutely eaten alive with anxiety since as early as kindergarten. My alcoholic father who beat my mom every Friday night. 0140 0
triggeredbytrump.bsky.social @triggeredbytrump.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I’ve been thinking about this so much. Thank you for making it so clear… Toughest year of my life and there have been a lot of tough ones. 020 0
blackestpill.bsky.social @blackestpill.bsky.social · 15/10/2026As someone who has been gay from birth, I can relate. 030 0
Sammi Law @sammilaw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Hence ... a small Thai village surrounded by rice paddies and a sundry mix of farm animals. 042 0
David Davetoyou @dlbradley.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Four or so. Maybe therapy will help me remember. It's been exhausting. I have little left but tears of rage and a desire to hunt fascists. 060 0
Gerri @gerrig1954.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is my 47 year old son’s current state of mind. Had to talk to him for an hour last night because his fight/flight was bad.He was so anxious about an upcoming dental procedure that he was literally crying on the phone. It’s getting worse and I can’t talk him in to seeing a therapist. 020 0
Messy Cook @adfonteslogos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Soft is a good word. My cat taught me love is soft. I was able to feel her comfort and begin to be soft with myself. So very old to learn how comfort feels. Hoping I can provide it to others in the same measure. Soft and fierce. Yin yang 1131 0
Messy Cook @adfonteslogos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Yet every time I just have to stop and rest, I feel guilty. Lately, making it through a grocery store and coming home is all I can do some days. Cooking, essentials. I've been through so much and so many shock losses, the world is a trigger. Not to mention sensory overload. Thank you. 0321 0
Catherine E. Cullen @catherineecullen.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I’m thinking since more like 3 or 4 years old. 030 0
kat b fisher 🏳️🌈 @katbfisher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Thank you for sharing this clear a-ha about the softness of my life now (as much as I can manage to make it). For me, it’s been since I was 6 years old. 080 0
Jennie @catchfallingstars.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This post made made me hold my breath. I'm 63 & still in flight or fight mode. Thank you for understanding. ✌🏼 000 0
'Fast Mover' @thomasianrusse5.bsky.social · 15/10/2026static.klipy.comPointing Man Says 'That Is Correct'ALT: Pointing Man Says 'That Is Correct' 030 0
Jeri Westerson @jeriwesterson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Me too.static.klipy.comKitten Raises Paw for AttentionALT: Kitten Raises Paw for Attention 040 0
Mad Hattie @mybad76.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Started at 5 with me. I hated other kids with a passion. They picked on me, teased me, and I told Mom I wasn't going back. It was pre-school. From there I was on my toes and anxious, looking for threats and fearfully shy. High school was hell. 030 0
bianca0908.bsky.social @bianca0908.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Yeah. It manifested as chronic pain for me. Since being retired I have had to make a quiet life for myself. (As much as possible!) I have taken up art and it has done wonders in ways I didn’t imagine it would. 070 0
despseekingsigmund.bsky.social @despseekingsigmund.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Definitely for the last 10 years. Since they’re never gonna do anything they keep promising, maybe they can send out some Xanax to the country. This election season is tense. 😬 050 0
karidrekisongvari.bsky.social @karidrekisongvari.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Less than 2 years old here, but yeah!! 030 0
Diana Lucifera 🌟 @dianamcqueen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026And being around other people who think life has to constantly be a struggle is damaging. 030 0
RootfireEmber @rootfire.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Totally this only since I was 3. Without my meds it reverts to Doom Mode. 010 0
noahs-arc0602.bsky.social @noahs-arc0602.bsky.social · 15/10/2026People call me weird cause I’m a loner , I created an environment that was not hazardous to me! It’s self preservation 1410 0
Zandra.Bluesky 420buddy @zandra-b.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Same. I have too since I was 13 years. I have some understanding of what you are going through. 000 0
Unfiltered Reactive Meat Sack @ironicmullet.bsky.social · 22hOur pos religion taught wife beating, slavery & colonialism. 000 0
seacydesue.bsky.social @seacydesue.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Amen! I just wanna make it to the finish line with a smile. 😊 080 0
Ray Bannatyne @mrfoo123.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Five or six years old for me I described my childhood as "weird" for a long time Then I came across the Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." After that I started describing my childhood as "interesting" My Dad later said to me, "It's like you were raised by wolves". Interesting Times 170 0
Granny Turtle 45 @grannyturtle45.bsky.social · 15/10/2026And all that wing flapping is exhausting 030 0
MOONFLOWER @moonflower333.bsky.social · 16/10/2026😑✨️OUUUUU, BABY I CAN DEFINITELY DIG IT✨️ KEEP SLUGGING BABY⚡️IT WON'T ALL GO AWAY BUT IT DOES GET BETTER😑❤️ 020 0
Lady A. @mermaidesque.bsky.social · 19hI certainly get that! I have, as well. And for a little longer. Sending healing light and love to you, Mr. Segal. Time for all of us in survival mode to take a breath. ✨💜 000 0
✨️💙Lisa Nagel💙✨️ @larrybirdsnest.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Age 4 to 15. Rings. I'm a quiet soul who likes to roar now. I had to find my own strength. It's taken many years but still I suffer a cost I shouldn't have to pay. It's better for me to go day to day, Using the strength I fought for. I'm happy now but It's a lifetime battle. I'm a survivor. 160 0
Oma Boots @omaboots.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I was hospitalized with an ulcer at 5 yrs. old. Anxiety has been with me my entire life. I deal with it a lot better in my older years, but these last 10 yrs. have been a helluva ride on my nervous system. 030 0
ChuckBobb @chuckbobb.bsky.social · 15/10/2026static.klipy.comJoey Tribbiani's Iconic 'It Was Me' MomentALT: Joey Tribbiani's Iconic 'It Was Me' Moment 030 0
Kathryn K. @bicoastalkate.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Mine has been in fight-or-flight mode since Nixon. Every time I think I can relax (Clinton, Obama, Biden) it turns out that I'm wrong. They never properly fix things, because they're all corporate Democrats. 150 0
Liberal Libbie @liberallibbie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Me too! I’m 71 now & given that thought up. 000 0
Be Steel My Heart 💛💙 @genuinejavajunkie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Maybe not since I was 8, but yes. I can relate to this so much.😮💨 Significant life altering traumatic experience ~12. And chronic stress for most of my adult life has led to CPTSD. Finally started to feel I was coming out of survival mode last year, but I'm right back there all over again this year.😔 240 0
Scientist4Life @skoozie76.bsky.social · 16/10/2026My daughter since she was raped at 3 & 1/2. My (adopted) son since he was orphaned at birth. They deal remarkably well. 020 0
Colleen and Miss Mikey @carbonbasedlady.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I feel this in my bones. May you find your soft landing. ❤️❤️❤️ 160 0
Lynnette313 @lynnette313.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Amen to that. Retired early and am sitting on a beach in Spain. The living is easy and affordable!!!!!!!!! I must make this permanent. 010 0
Tamara @tamarahebronwilson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026True for all 18 year old Americans today. We have all suffered this trauma. Even when a break came with Biden’s 4 years, he was still looming in the background as they tried to convict him of his first term crimes. Fucking Supreme Court allowed him back on the ballot and 77 million said Hell Yes! 080 0
Acorn1447 @acorn1447.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Then my immune system said, "I'm tired of your shit" and started attacking my nervous system 😅 020 0
open19spaces.bsky.social @open19spaces.bsky.social · 22hRemoving the Republican hatred- Greed- white Christian NATIONALISM! Look how much pain death and destructive suffering is caused by Donald Trump ! The man has had a stroke and his lies and poor judgement have destroyed and destabilized our economy. RFK Jr. is murdering our health care system . 000 0
Craig @thevoiceoftreason.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Now that's someone who knows! Me too, if it's any help. 010 0
Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 15/10/2026When Obama left office the world went off a cliff. 130 0
mikkid68.bsky.social @mikkid68.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I’ve never read something that’s hit so close to home. I’ve actually just learned this is a thing and why my body is in a constant state of fighting itself. 040 0
Mr. Sidis @wjsidis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026There will be no soft life until men no longer rule the world. 020 0
Nick (spoken for) @henry111.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Listen to Supertramp daily. I'm a victim of the English public torture and abuse system. Am 66 and still a survivor. My addiction is my music and this 240 0
Gen X @genxtoo.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I feel seen. I'm Gen X and wasn't raised as much as housed. Both parents worked afternoons and I only saw them on the weekends. During the week, I saw one parent in the morning because they took me to school. I was asleep by the time they got home from work. 050 0
AFGE @metta4u2.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Yes! I retired in May, after 50 yrs of working. I have been flat out on the couch or bed 2/3rds of that time just letting my body settle, and unclench. Its quite the process. 030 0
mylene-la-sirene.bsky.social @mylene-la-sirene.bsky.social · 15/10/2026since it again turned into a religious debate, can we all agree that no matter everyone’s belief, all common sense people should unite as that is what people in power (and ruining it for all of us ) dont want us to do 050 0
Catherine @ccband.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It's a time in history when we have evolved to understanding trauma and trauma bonds. 060 0
hummungbird.bsky.social @hummungbird.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Not to mention the sleepless nights 😵💫 040 0
That Waterfront News Guy 🏳️🌈 @waterfrontnews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Can't even express how much this applies. Thank you! 080 0
Major Paincake @majorpaincake.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Just think of places like Gaza and Ukraine and stop that pity train 000 0