Normalize disliking people and avoiding them without starting a conflict and insisting that they’re bad people. You don’t actually need to be able to call someone toxic and abusive in order to justify that you’re not vibing with them.
fun fact. it literally doesn’t matter if your trauma “wasn’t THAT bad” compared to other peoples. its still trauma and it will affect you the same way. it doesn’t matter how “bad” it was, its something you went through and are continuing to live with the aftermath of, and, no matter what, everything you feel is completely justified.
If I’m dating you I’m going to date all of you. this includes the parts of you that you may not like and the parts you’re working on. because that’s what people do when they’re in love.
