I'm telling you, if you start fighting people's perception of you, you will never stop. There will always be someone who misperceive, misunderstand or misinterpret what you say and then challenge you to prove them wrong or right.
It's exhausting, don't do it.
Not speaking up enough is dangerous to your mental and emotional health for several reasons:
💙 you rob yourself of the ability to validate your feelings or express your needs
💙 you internalize the stress of whatever is bothering you.
i think my 🚩 is that, i never know how to talk about my feelings. i talk to myself in my head a lot about how i feel & i explain it so well, but getting it to actually come out my m0uth is so hard.