good god do i empathize with those first three paragraphs so much. i'm legitimately in that exact same place mentally. and then when you tie it up with the "You’ve been hurt badly but you don’t use that as an excuse to hurt other people" bit, that's just the bow on top. many of us have been hurt badly by others and still find a way to be decent to other people. the ones who can't are a complete mystery to me.

thanks for the post! :)