Oh gosh, I've had way too much experience with catcalling and I was actually so traumatized the first time (I WAS TEN) that I didn't tell my mom until three years later. I usually just fight the guys right there in the street or give them the finger or something, but idk if that'd work for your sister

I know honestly it's such a big problem and when my dad was making jokes about it I was just really surprised because I thought he'd be a little more protective about it. People think it's okay and it's just really sick

Well I think my sister can handle herself (she's in her twenties and she knows self defense and stuff) but of course it makes her uncomfortable.

Also no offense, but if your dad's joking about catcalling, he needs to just permanently not talk ever again bc he doesn't know anything

He's just really ignorant about some things it isn't that he's a bad guy but yeah sometimes he just doesn't even think or understand or consider and it's not ok but once someone corrects him he gets it it's just frustrating when he says careless things like that.

You can't fucking tell a manic-depressive anorexic hallucinatory teenager that it will all be looked back on as nothing someday. Are you saying that when you put mental health in perspective, it's really just a pile of bullshit and shouldn't be worried about?

why would you ever say that you have not "basically been through all of it". Everyone's problems are individual and you have no right to say that you have been through everything I have or anyone has.

And yeah, we're just kids, but I don't think you can ever "get over" something. I will grow up and I will still have huge scars marring my legs and burn marks up my arm and I will still probably never be totally comfortable with food and even if the manic and depressive swings stop I'm not going to "get over" anything. Yes, I will look back and put it in perspective, but regardless if things get better, it's not going to be like I magically say: wow I guess passing out from blood loss after I cut myself and not getting out of bed for a week from the depression wasn't that bad after all. Because you know what? It sucks. It really does, and it's not going to go away all of a sudden just because I suddenly outgrow my problems. I am always going to carry t hose marks with me, and no, I'm not going to obsess over how awful they were, but I am never going to invalidate myself.

And for the record I hold no grudge against you and I'm not even angry at you, I'm just scared and confused at the fact that someone would actually say things like that.

i didn't mean it like that. i was angry and couldn't think clearly, and i'm so sorry.

i need to not be insensitive and mean but honestly i want to die now

hey I'm sorry too, I might have overreacted. It's just a sensitive spot for me. :/ Don't apologize, everyone gets mad and says stupid stuff. And by the way, nobody wants you dead. Getting pissed off and saying something you didn't mean to say doesn't make you insensitive and mean, it just makes you angry. You're pretty great, and if you didn't mean what you said in that comment you have no right to feel bad about it. :)

guys guys i wanna rant abt wsc because it was so great and a bunch of stuff happened!! so here goes this is gonna be long af...

so basically ive been looking forward to this for a year and esp when i'd pretty much given up and was at a very low point back in jan, the anticipation for wsc kept me going, and i love it a lot because it talks about current events too ( like this year history had stuff abt revolutions and feminism and civil rights and lgbtq+ rights and it was super great!! but anyway jsyk wsc is this competition thing ive been doing for a couple of years and it's p much the best thing in my life)

and it was so fun i was rooming with two of my friends, away from home and moving and all that shit for an entire week, and i'm so glad that i did rlly well too bc i barely studied cos of procrastination etc but i ended up getting like 5 medals, oneof which was 71st overall as an individual out of like 1500 people whihc was cool!! 8))

(also i got 2 meet my online best friend crush at the ball and they gave me a bracelet it was so cool 8)) )

there were some bad moments tbh tho? like when i had a panic attack at these caves idk there were a lot of monkeys climbing up the stairs and this one monkey literally jumped on a kid in front of me it was so scary?? and then just as i was calming down one of my roommates yelled "look !! a rat" despite knowing i have a severe phobia of them and omg i jumped abt 4 feet and yelled, really loudly, "fUCKING H E L L " and then i threatened to push her down the 200+ stairs if she tried that again and she was like "oh but u won't even be able to catch up to me bc u'll be slow af bc u'll just be trembling and being scared" and i was like "...... okk........."

also there were a few homophobic and transphobic people but i also found out that the majority of the wsc kids at our school r hella accepting so that was cool!! 8)) also my teacher totally shut down this kid who was like "y do u care abt same sex marriage being legalized if ur not gay ( : " andshe was like "what is ur deal son........ its like saying u have 2 be poor to care abt those in poverty" and i was liek slAYYY

but ye wsc was so amazing it was literally the best 7 days of my life.

(bonus: i got a huge night visions poster!!!! and a captain america comic. and a judy blume book. 8)) )