i told my dad i got a pop socket and he wasn’t paying attention to me so i said “can you at least pretend to care?”
and he deadass looks at me and goes
“sorry okay i am so happy you got your hot pocket” ??????????
no bc when i learned that your emotional brain can literally impair & override the part of your brain that controls rational thought, it completely shifted how i respond to others emotions & mine. at that point of emotional intensity, logic won’t make sense. all you can do is be
when you’ve been fucked over time and time again, those boundaries and standards get real strong. those non negotiables get real strong. the focus on character gets real strong.
Sometimes peace looks like keeping quiet and not telling your side of the story when you know someone has no space to actually hear your truth. And just being comfortable with people believing whatever suits their narrative.