- for the most part, i really just block people i see around often who are blatantly homophobic/transphobic/sexist/etc to minimize my interactions with them and avoid seeing their content plastered all over my timelines. in very rare instances, however, someone reminds me so much of a past abuser that it triggers trauma responses and i'll block them for my own mental wellbeing. this almost never happens nowadays as i've gotten better at handling my own emotions/reactions, as well as getting myself to recognize that someone who reminds me of an abuser isn't actually that person and blocking them won't resolve my own issues and instead just encourages the avoidant behaviour that i'm trying to work on. that being said, if such people turn out to actually be similar to my past abusers (read: they're terrible people who are actually toxic towards others), on the block list they go
what is your phone's lock screen and/or background? do you find yourself changing it often, or do you usually stick with the same thing for a long time?
