Sometimes no matter how gently or carefully you show up, people will still rewrite you into someone you’re not. & that’s why you gotta know who you are.
Self care is also refusing to engage or entertain someone’s delusions, projections, and ignorance — no matter how much they try to hook you with their gaslighting, psychological games, and false stories. Once you realize the unconscious programming some people are under, you learn to leave them right where they are choosing to be.