Thanks for answering on my last view posts. I am still going to answer some of the comments there❤️
I must say.. after talking with you guys for a few days, and having really pleasant conversations, this news has hit me quite hard. I don’t know what to make of it. Was wondering what you guys were thinking about it.
A few additional question you may answer if you want
How was it when you were drafted?
Did you connect with other soldiers?
What was the most difficult thing you saw during your time? how did you move on from it?
What was your favorite moment in the IDF?
Thank you again for all the comments on my other post🙏🏼 i really feel like i understand you guys better. it helps me a lot
This is something I have wanted to ask after my last two questions. In the responses, I noticed how much october 7th affected you all.
I want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my last two posts. I was really fortunate to be able to hear from you guys. This has really helped me in understanding the Israeli perspective better.
I have really heard your pain on this attack. I ask you to please answer this question (only if you want, of course) about your own personal experience. I am not here to judge you. I am here hear you, and to see you. I want to understand your perspective.
For people that want to talk about it more, i have a few more questions. These are questions I wonder from some of the perspectives i’ve heard from you guys. Please only answer if you feel up for it.
Did the attack of 7 october change your view of the palestinians?
How did you move on from 7 october?
How did it affect your personal life? Did it affect your family dynamics? If you are a parent, did it change the way you talk to your kids about the conflict?
How did the world’s response, and here I mean especially the pro-palestine movement, affect you?
Did 7 october change your view of a possible two state solution? and if so, how do you look at it now?
I will try to respond to everyone. I am still going to respond to people on my last post as well. If you notice i don’t respond to you, it might be because i’m trying to find the right words, or because english is not my first language, and some things can be complicated for me to understand.
Thank you🙏🏼
Yesterday I posted a question about what you guys think of jews that support palestine. I really liked being able to see your perspective. And i talked to some really pleasant people, so i decided to ask another question.
English isn’t my first language, so i am going to try to explain it best I can. I think it is obvious many innocent palestinians are suffering. And especially when you see a picture of a child dead, or starved. I mean, I don’t think anyone hears the story of Hind Rajab, and is happy about it. I can understand that being so close to it, and living in a country that’s part of the conflict, this can be very difficult. Especially because there’s no clear way out because of the conflict. I was wondering how you feel, watching all suffering happening, knowing it’s so close.
I am genuinely wondering about this. Please feel free to speak your truth openly. I tried to make the question as clear as possible. But i struggle a bit with explaining things well sometimes.
I can see how this can be hard for Israelis, so I’m wondering what you guys think.
Edit: Realized the question was a bit vague, so I’m going to make the term a bit stricter:
Anti zionist jews, that support Palestine, but do not support Hamas.
I’m a 21F. My mom is a difficult person. I grew up feeling very unloved, and at times, unsafe. My dad has never been in my life, and when he was, it was also not safe.
But my mom is the relationship that breaks something in me. And I don’t know why, but I know it will never be fixed. Like there’s a piece broken of my heart, and I can feel it is unfixable.
I grew up reading ‘adopted by x’ fanfictions. Always older women. Never sexual. I would read thousands upon thousands of pages where the only plotline was a mother loving her daughter.
I crave the attention of older women, and at the same time I cannot bear it. Because I feel so strongly if any older woman might love and care for me, they will never care as much for me as they do their own kids (I often to talk to the mothers of my friends) and this is completely unbearable to me.
I cannot imagine hugging my own mom. I’m uncomfortable with even touches. I listen to podcasts of older women who have kids- just so a part of me can pretend that I’m her daughter.
My girlfriend has a very stable family. I feel so awkward eating at the table with them. Everyday used to be a ‘fend for yourself’ night growing up. It genuinely triggers me to eat at a table with a family, because I feel SO strongly that that is something I have never truly experienced. I genuinely feel like a part of me dies.
I don’t see myself as traumatized, and I don’t like feeling bad for myself. But this feeling of pure jealously, and genuine grief is something that follows me my entire life. It’s all consuming, and I feel it so strongly. I just needed to tell someone
I’m trying to become vegan, but having quite a bit of difficulty doing so.
For context, i was eating meat and animal products up to a month ago. I decided I could no longer do it, and decided i wanted to work towards becoming vegan.
Usually, i go to the gym 4-6x a week. Because of this, I need about 80-100 grams of protein per day, especially on days i go to the gym.
I’m also currently doing a thesis in animal behavior. Because of this, I am in the library, working on it from about 10 AM to 10 PM.
I have a lot of difficulty finding convenient vegan foods, with enough protein. I don’t have time to cook often, because I’m out of the house daily from 9AM to 11PM.
Often, I end up consuming dairy in the form of protein shakes, or cheap cappuccino coffee’s that my local supermarket sells.
Most days, I barely eat anything. I drink coffee, sometimes soda’s for the caffeine. And for food, maybe 1-3 snack bars or protein ‘gurt’, if anything at all.
I just don’t know how to do vegan convience foods.
Apart from my struggle with convience foods, I also struggle with replacing cheese and eggs on days where i can cook. These foods give me so much comfort, and when I’m so exhausted, i just crave them so much.
Does anyone have tips for me?