Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
My thoughts!! Disrespect will be met with disrespect VERY DISRESPECTFULLY!!!
And we come on here or other apps like this, and we share things. We talk about different topics. I love swell because I'm able to hear people's voices, so I'm able to hear the emotion behind what they're saying. And that's something that you miss on a Facebook or Instagram, because when somebody's just typing something, you tend to read it in whatever emotions you're in versus being on this app and being able to hear a person's emotions
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
I think everybody who's been through some trauma can have PTSD, which because PTSD stands for post traumatic syndrome disorder, whatever. Post traumatic stress disorder is what it is. So anybody who's been through some trauma can have pts. And just because maybe I don't say that I have it, that doesn't mean that I don't. Just something talk about. And as open and as transparent as I am on this app, there are some things that I just choose not to talk about
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:22
Yes, today, because all you did is step in between as a go between to solve some confusion and it was positive the way that you handled it. You really were diplomatic in the way you handled it. And I'm sorry that he decided to act a dang on fool. That's the best way I can really put it because he was so disrespectful. And then you say you didn't listen to the inboxes
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:32
So I just kind of, like, left it alone. But disrespect will always be handled. It'll never be tolerated. It'll always be marked with disrespect. And I will always be disrespectful when I meet disrespect. And here's why. Because I give everybody respect initially disrespectful, but I choose how I'm treated, and I choose to be treated respectfully, because when you disrespect me, you have to deal with the consequences of that. I don't take mental illness lightly
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:24
I'm okay with folks getting heated on my threads. I'm fine with that. I deal with that on Facebook. I deal with that here. I'm used to that. I'm used to people having discourse. I'm used to people debating. I'm used to that kind of thing. So none of that bothers me at all
Robert Jenkins
@Guruball1 · 4:16
I'll try to pick you up, make you laugh, tell you a joke, try to help uplift your spirits. Maybe if you need to read some of the word of God or whatever, okay. But as far as me allowing an individual to make me feel a certain type of way, that's not happening. Why? Because this no saying misery loves company. So if they're down, they are going to continue to work on lowering you to the place where they are
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:59
I've said things, and I've said I believe or in my opinion, which, to me, when I say I believe, it's just that it's my belief. It doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong. It's just my belief. Or I've said in my opinion, which is just that, my opinion. And you know what they say about opinions
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 3:11
And I still listen to other people's swells and things of that nature because I was trying to take my mind off of it. But that was a battle. It was because the depression began to speak to me, and the anxiety began to speak to me, and the past trauma began to speak to me. And when those things began to speak to me, that dark place looked like a really good place to be because of. Of the memories that it brought up. Yeah
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:36
And I say that saying all the time, especially on this app. I say it all the time. A hit dog will bark. So if you bark, and then I know you hit, and I don't need to say nothing else, you already got hit. So whatever I said that hit you, let it do its work. You know what I mean? But today is a new day. Today is a better day. And again, I really am not depressed
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavant · 2:46
And I don't know, whoever this person is that you was dealing with, with the health insurance or whatever it was that, I don't know, I just don't like it. And based on what Evelyn said, she said you dealt with it with some diplomacy. But I know that that's not always going to mean anything. It doesn't matter how respectful you are. It doesn't matter how humble you are
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
Hey, mo, thank you for your reply. And thank, yeah, and you're right. We do have a really strong talking circle. I think our little circle is really tight. I think we support each other, we take care of each other. We're there for each other. And that's what I really love about our talking circle. You it. And as far as the incident that happened, you're right. Confrontation will always happen
Natasha Nurse
@DressingRoom8 · 4:11
Similar to toddlers, we see with our two and a half year old that he is constantly trying to expand to see what he can get away with, because that's what children do. It's a normal part of the human development of, like, human beings want to know how far can they go? And even in adulthood, it's as if that childlike part of us doesn't go away. And so then it's like, bless your heart, we have to sit three seats back
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:43
But I won't be mistreated either, especially when I try to treat everybody that I meet on this app with respect. So I just expect the same respect in return. But thank you again because I do agree with you. I'm not going to let my blood pressure get up. I'm not going to get angry upset. I'm just going to disengage and I'm going to let you know that you disrespected me and why and then I'm going to disengage from the conversation