{"id":108719,"date":"2016-03-22T15:31:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/22\/anightvaleintern-so-my-therapist-said-something\/"},"modified":"2016-03-22T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:31:33","slug":"anightvaleintern-so-my-therapist-said-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/22\/anightvaleintern-so-my-therapist-said-something\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

anightvaleintern<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So my therapist said something awhile back and it\u2019s really stuck with me.<\/p>\n

I was talking about the stupid things I had done in high school. \u00a0How the stories I wrote were stupid and how all I ever wanted to draw was anime shit (which was stupid) and how immature I could be, etc etc etc.<\/p>\n

and she was like\u00a0\u201cWhy are you so determined to beat up on Little Maggie?\u201d<\/p>\n

It took me off guard, I was like\u00a0\u201cwhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you keep saying Little Maggie is stupid? \u00a0You say she was stupid and immature but wasn\u2019t she just a teenager? \u00a0Do you not like who you were as a teenager?\u201d<\/p>\n

I shrugged and was like\u00a0\u201cI think teenage me was very creative and was probably just having fun and being a teenager\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo why beat up on her and call her stupid and embarrassing?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI dunno, because I guess now I\u2019ve learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she was young. \u00a0She didn\u2019t know. \u00a0I\u2019m just telling you this because if you keep beating up on Little Maggie, you have to remember that she grows up to be you. \u00a0When you put bruises and scars on Little Maggie, you\u2019re leaving all the healing for Big Maggie. \u00a0Your insecurity about who you were as a child is going to come through into your adulthood. \u00a0Be nice to Little Maggie.\u201d<\/p>\n

And I\u2019d never really thought of that before? \u00a0It seems status quo to just\u2026 hate who you used to be for not knowing enough, but that\u2019s totally illogical. \u00a0Of course a younger version of you doesn\u2019t know what you know and can\u2019t act with the wisdom that you act.<\/p>\n

And even if Little Maggie was writing silly stories about her friends while ripping off anime and drawing her own\u00a0\u201cmanga\u201d and being immature and goofy, she was having fun, she was being creative, she was enjoying the things she liked and she wasn\u2019t hurting anyone.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s part of my past and hating her is hating the foundation of who I eventually became.<\/p>\n

Just food for thought.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

anightvaleintern: So my therapist said something awhile back and it\u2019s really stuck with me. I was talking about the stupid things I had done in high school. \u00a0How the stories I wrote were stupid and how all I ever wanted to draw was anime shit (which was stupid) and how immature I could be, etc … <\/p>\n

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