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Originally Posted by DapperButch
It is kind of wild that one phrase can have such dramatically different interpretations, isn't it?
Isn't this kind of unusual?
Darn, if I was one who used this term I think I'd stop using it or clarify it (at least in the written word where you have no body language, facial expressions, inflections in speech, etc.), because people would have such different interpretations as to what I was saying!
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I think it *is* the kind of phrase that can have multiple interpretations.
But I don't think *that* is unusual at all.
We're forever discussing, debating and delineating the most common of phrases and identities here on BFP and in the broader world.
I think some people use the phrase "this is my truth" as way of being emphatic (or dramatic), as a colloquial exclamation point.
And I think other people use it to describe something (a belief or an opinion) that is deeply tied to their identity or experience; a thought that is hardwired in to their identity: physically, emotionally and rationally.
I also think the people who use it this way use the phrase "
my truth" to indicate that they recognise it may or may not be a universal truth, but to emphasize that it is very true/real for them personally.