The thing is, I did tell you. I was me. In the beginning, the 29 questions phase, when I felt emotionally safe with you. Then I began to see that everything I said was twisted and held against me, or not trusted. I learned to hide and just be what you wanted to see, lie and defend myself. This was the worst feeling.
I really like this quote, but I don't think this would truly take just one day. You'll have to fight for much longer, survive for much longer, persevere for much longer. And the truth is some of us won't get there. The world is too unforgiving for that. However, I do believe that even if we never reach a position where we can stop caring, friends and family will be the comfort you need.
Wise man, Carl Jung. Some people will always irritate us, and trying to change THAT is a fools errand. But if we can perceive WHAT it is about them that irritates us, and HOW they can push and even manipulate our buttons, we can approach them with sympathy, or at worse pity, but not frustration or anger.
