Yep this is denial of the very real fact that some things you simply cannot control or cure, that you do not “deserve,” and those things can be bad. Having to then contend with the fact you still (probably) want to live is hard and essentially a lifelong grief cycle, and for abled people that’s scary to imagine.
But that’s our lived experience for years/decades and they don’t get that eventually you get sort of used to it.
I still think there are so many adults out there that wholeheartedly believe in the Just World Fallacy. It’s honestly baffling how many people have a hard time accepting that things just happen to people without any moral value being assigned to them.
Yeah my mom especially has a hard time accepting that people with chronic illness didn’t do anything morally wrong or right to get their condition. Like if only they ate better, or exercised more, they wouldn’t have insert any illness & neurodivergence here
The people in power have the most influence. The people in power tend to also believe they deserve to be in power — ie. Just World Fallacy — so it’s really unsuprising how societally engrained that bias is.
Yep this is denial of the very real fact that some things you simply cannot control or cure, that you do not “deserve,” and those things can be bad. Having to then contend with the fact you still (probably) want to live is hard and essentially a lifelong grief cycle, and for abled people that’s scary to imagine.
But that’s our lived experience for years/decades and they don’t get that eventually you get sort of used to it.
I still think there are so many adults out there that wholeheartedly believe in the Just World Fallacy. It’s honestly baffling how many people have a hard time accepting that things just happen to people without any moral value being assigned to them.
Omg yes! It’s so frustrating. Like “if she’s poor she DESERVES IT” or “if people are mean to you, it’s your fault and something’s wrong with you”
Yeah my mom especially has a hard time accepting that people with chronic illness didn’t do anything morally wrong or right to get their condition. Like if only they ate better, or exercised more, they wouldn’t have insert any illness & neurodivergence here
The people in power have the most influence. The people in power tend to also believe they deserve to be in power — ie. Just World Fallacy — so it’s really unsuprising how societally engrained that bias is.