Women’s Support Thread

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This thread is a support thread centered on women’s rights and concerns. It’s a place to share, listen, discuss, support, and connect on topics related to women’s issues. It was inspired by this discussion.

Since the purpose of this thread is for support, let’s avoid debates or negative commentary. Thanks!

Am absolutely weirded out that any Woman would vote republican ticket .Even with 1000 dollar subsidy per baby .
Has little idea of how much it cost to raise children , my Mom said . And without any Medicaid help . Just not too keen on the Big Beautiful bill. Approved and authored by Trumps party.

My best friend, well, my only friend taught me so much, but the best thing she taught me was 'safe space.' I didn't realize it at the time, but understanding this concept made me realize how toxic normative human interaction really is. Jousting with words like parliament debating on politics just isn't my thing, as is the case for a lot of NDs.

Safe space, to me, is the old archaic version of friendship, which is 'to bear witness on one's life.' To witness one's life, one must withhold from judgement, seek empathy and come to an understanding of who that person believes they are. But it also requires the other person to do the same.

Safe space rules
-To withhold judgement
-To seek to understand
-To find common ground
-To forge trust
-And I will add this last one as my own -- to delight in the joy of another. I am happy when you are happy.

It has taken me years to hone this skill, but in doing so, I have realized that not many people are even aware that this is, historically, the foundation of a healthy relationship. And this is why I have one friend. People try, for a while, to match my frequency, but they eventually stop trying until they just can't stop Godzilla stomping all over my safe space.

^ I’m glad you have that with your best friend.





I’m thinking about joining a women’s support group for survivors of violence offline. I struggle with talking about my experiences, so I was thinking that that could be helpful. While supporting other women, I could also learn how they do it and get more comfortable sharing. These past few months have been extremely difficult with trauma and PTSD stuff. I’m starting to feel shock less but think talking and maybe even eventual activism would be positive ways to continue moving forward.