rpanons | Make a Life Upgrade to Sony's PlayStation!

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- It's working out great, but I think the reason for that is that I'm lucky enough to have a supportive partner who helped me get away from my family in the first place. We've moved across the country and now the only contact I have with my family is on my own terms. I pull back when I have to and leave them to their own shit. I've learned I can't fix them and they'll only drag me down if I try. It's a strategy I've utilized in a lot of toxic friendships, as well.

- I'm sure that I did. But I also think I gained things that other people didn't. I had to learn to rely on myself at a young age, which got me to skip ahead in school and start my own life a lot earlier than others my age. Life isn't roses and I still suffer from PTSD and all the related crap, but I have a backbone that I notice is lacking in a lot of people I meet, and I can't help but think it's because they've lived an easier life.

- It isn't easy for me to relate to anyone. I've put a lot into working past my paranoia and general distrust of strangers. I have to consciously remind myself that the people I meet probably aren't out to hurt me. I have to avoid opening up about my history because things always get awkward once people hear my story. But I don't resent people for having a life that was different than mine. I tend to think others are hiding the darker aspects of their history, too. And even if people have different causes and reasons for their pain, we're all human and we have the same basic experiences. So I try to relate to and empathize with people on that more emotional level rather than focusing on the experiential.

I could've written this word-for-word.

Aye, aye. This is near my experience as well. Although, I have completely cut ties with my family because I have no time for toxicity or abuse anymore.

Thank god for fucking supportive partners, man.

Make a Life Upgrade to Sony's PlayStation!

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