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For me and my friends, the Internet—blogging, Facebook, itnsant messaging—is a safe space where we can talk about disability and chronic illness, because talking about it in meatspace is stigmatized. I wouldn't even have known that my friends were dealing with the same stuff if I hadn't started blogging about it. I'm not sure if this has to do with mental illness, brain weirdness, or what—but I am super socially awkward. Written communications are so much more comfortable, meaningful, and quick. Aural information is much harder to process. Face-to-face, I stumble over words, freeze up, could say it so much better if I had a keyboard. Also, I probably can't hear what you're saying, and when I do, I won't remember it as well as if you just wrote it down. Everyone needs a space where they can be themselves, express themselves in their preferred way. And it's fine if, for you, that's meatspace—but it sure isn't for everyone.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Voichita
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
19 december 2014, 10:29:15
AUTHOR'S IP LOGGED
80.86.155.64
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