poison punk<p>the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BishopExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BishopExchange</span></a> discussing the question from a ♂️ congregation member: "do you use traumatic events you've been through in your comedy shows?"</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GifsArtidote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GifsArtidote</span></a>: such an important question which <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> don't talk about. men have been emotionally neglected for generations, causing a pandemic of narcissistic behaviour dynamics in society, & abuse against ♀️ & girls. </p><p>thank you to the brother asking it, and thank the bishops for their very intimately personal reply. </p><p>i say thank you because i am doing exactly what you were talking about: watching <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> to sooth my midlife crisis, after a lifetime of abuse & neglect.<br>i can tell you, it helps me so much, to cope & process what's happened to me but also to learn to look after myself & be my own parent, to learn to 🖤 my self.<br>only then can i <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recover</span></a> & build my life successfully. </p><p>you guys are my age, & it's just giving me a feeling of belonging, like, as in our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genX</span></a> family. your conversations are just so recognisable with similar experiences despite growing up in different countries & cultures. it helps me recover. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenerationalTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerationalTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/menTalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>menTalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TXYk6VBNQRA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/TXYk6VBNQRA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>?</p>