- Date posted
- 1y
feeling hurt
not sure if this has to do with OCD, as I’m not diagnosed. so recently, I have been just living day to day. there are times when I’m hanging out with my little brother (17) & we just crack jokes. he’s the one that often does. I guess he’s the ‘comedian’ of the family, as my dad says. anyway, sometimes I’ll say something extra just for a giggle or without putting much thought. it’s usually like a noise or like a few words. well, recently he’s been doing jokes as usual but when I add something, he stops smiling & then either says “you’re not funny” or “it was funny until you said/did _____” I found it quite rude but just shrugged it off the first few times. he did it again today as I went to the bookstore with my family. he didn’t wanna come but my dad forced him to so he popped a joke & said “I was taken against my will. got chained like a dog” & I did like a dog sound “roof roof” but not for it to be funny. it was just like a stim to do a dog noise, idk. but he said that again and I just stayed silent. I tried to not let it get to me but it’s just beating me down. I feel like it’s feeding into my insecurities that I’m not funny & I guess internalized sexism. it triggered memories of how I read comments from men back then how women aren’t funny and they just were awful. I feel like I’ve seen so much from them that my mind prefers when guys say jokes & cringe when chicks say jokes. I hate it. the stupid guys online made me dislike or feel embarrassed when a woman does something that isn’t even cringe. like I have wanted validation from them. I don’t know. now I’m struggling with feeling like I’m not good enough as a woman. if I get upset, then I fear I’ll be not taken serious because apparently according to some people, women are “emotional creatures” & I guess it’s normal to feel strong emotions. I guess there are those negative stereotypes that have been tearing me down. I hate it a lot. I even have a hard time making new friends and worse with a woman. there are many things I wanna say but just can’t put them into words. this is all I can say now. I’m pretty much upset and feel like closing up again. I wish I could just be happy and not deal with all of this mess.