Either from abusive parents, toxic relationships, short or long term bullying or any other kind of traumatic past that gave you some survival reflexes that are not longer relevant but are hard for you to get rid of.
Either from abusive parents, toxic relationships, short or long term bullying or any other kind of traumatic past that gave you some survival reflexes that are not longer relevant but are hard for you to get rid of.
I will only ever explain myself once. If the person I explained myself to seems to completely misunderstand me, I’ll just shut down and search for an escape from the conversation. I’m just so used to never getting through to people, and being misunderstood. No, I didn’t mean to upset you, and you insisting that I did is getting us nowhere. Accept that I’m sorry.
But no. Never happens. So I barely try any more.