206: Aspirational Open Mindedness (feat. Mills Baker)
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I've Been Diagnosed With a Polar Disorder, and I'm Not Sure What to Do About It, but It's a Natural Personality Defect.
i've always an pretty open and i don't think this has to do anything with like, a confidence. It's more that in the flow of inneractions and writing, it really never occurs to me to not say something that's relevant or interesting. I grew up in an environment where nobody seemed to feel any sense of shame or anxiety about it. If you're a sis white male, especially one who presents in the way i do, typically mental illness gets interpreted in a very positive light. And so i actually think i get some degree of anxiety reduction from knowing that my behaviours will be interpreted in an accurate context. Ah, but i get the benefit of those sort of cultural me
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