Here be aromantics

The short version:

- I can dedicate my time to things that are important to me, such as my mental health and art;

- I don’t need to show my worst to people – I don’t owe them that – or make myself seem stable and desirable all the time.

- I’m not as afraid of abandonment as I was before, because I don’t have intimate and intense relationships anymore;

- I don’t suffer as much with the peaks of emotion the borderline disorder brings;

- I feel whole being by myself.

The long version:

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(x-posted to my tumblr)