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[abnormalizes]

How do you tell the difference between romantic love and platonic love?

Everyone I've asked so far has given me a different answer.

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[bluediligence]

MOOD
Not all fences are electric fences but when you spent so much time surrounded by nothing BUT the electric ones, of course you're gonna be wary!
Or:
There's knowing something objectively and then there's actually feeling safe enough to practice lowering your walls

The people who love you, love you for who you are
They accept you
And I'm pretty sure they'd rather meet you where you're at!
Or to hang out on the metaphorical phone with you while you're trying to find yourself

In my experience, back in the Temple, it came down to communication

[abnormalizes]

Right! Exactly! My head knows one thing but my heart hasn't internalized it.

That's another thing, like, my friends are great people and they would be understanding, but what if they get frustrated with me anyway for some vague unexplainable reason???

[bluediligence]

🤝 I am clasping your hand in solidarity, Evangeline-chan.

... Twice, or with both hands, because that the "oh no, WHAT IF" is unfortunately also a mood (⇀‸↼‶) [ The urge to get Evangeline and Donnie in a room INTENSIFIES. ]
Is that a general anxiety or more specific?

[abnormalizes]

Bbbboth? I'm definitely most worried about the two people who have confessed to me getting frustrated with me not figuring out my own feelings, but 'what if I do something dumb and my friends decide not to be my friends anymore' pops up a lot in various shapes and circumstances.