I've really been on a bender and it shows

Trauma doesn't always make people stronger, for most people it makes them...

-Quicker to jump at things.

- Going with what the other person says to avoid conflict

- Seeing self care or love as something they have to earn rather than deserve

- Seeing parental figures as scary and more of a boss than a loving family member

- memorizing footsteps for safety

- having to hide important stuff so it won't be used against them

- panicking when people start to yell

- eating alone because of fear of being judged

- Thinking they have to be responsible for everything and still get no rights

- makes it harder on relationships and most of the time end up in bad ones, confusing attention for love

- gaslighting yourself because people told you your experiences weren't real or valid

- trying not to get too close to people in fear of them using or leaving you

Whether you like it or not, Tumblr needs to make money off you somehow in order to stay up. It either serves ads or asks for money to use it. This has been a paradigm on the web longer than many of you have been alive. It's Tumblr's job to make money right now because it's well past its grace period of being a black hole for cash. This has actually always been Tumblr's job, since it is a corporation, but that's capitalism for ya.

If you want Tumblr to be here for free and you want to continue to use it, you do yourself a disservice by opposing any changes Tumblr makes in order to pay for its costs. When this site finally goes belly-up then you're gonna be Tumblr-less until whatever startup takes its place and the cycle repeats itself.