"my feelings are hurt and i need time to process them so i can better communicate with you" is a perfectly valid response & i wish we used it more in moments of conflict
I feel that so much, it's my mind telling me "last time it was like this and it's taking a familiar path"
I hate it so much, I wish I could just be happy long term for once
... being generally paranoid about accidently becoming a nuisance.)
This has at times lead me to being taken advantage of or fucking something up but despite that I want to keep believing that most people mean geniunely well
I want to have faith in people.