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I have had various abuses in my life. Of course, some more than others, some not as bad. Some of those things have taken decades to heal from.
I've also abused others at times, regretfully though. In school I was mean sometimes. Like when I wanted to be friends with this girl who was pretty much brutal to others I started to behave like her. I feel it was more my fear of her and my way of looking tough so as to blend in and be accepted by her. She seemed to zone in on the quiet types who were getting good grades. So, I disguised myself.
One day I woke up to what was going on and I burried her head in the snow and never spoke to her again. I think she learned from that simply because abuse seemed like all she knew. In retrospect it's very possible that someone had abused her and caused her to be like she was. o_O
Do you have abusive people in your life and how do you deal with them?
I've also abused others at times, regretfully though. In school I was mean sometimes. Like when I wanted to be friends with this girl who was pretty much brutal to others I started to behave like her. I feel it was more my fear of her and my way of looking tough so as to blend in and be accepted by her. She seemed to zone in on the quiet types who were getting good grades. So, I disguised myself.
One day I woke up to what was going on and I burried her head in the snow and never spoke to her again. I think she learned from that simply because abuse seemed like all she knew. In retrospect it's very possible that someone had abused her and caused her to be like she was. o_O
Do you have abusive people in your life and how do you deal with them?
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OKAY, I'm getting carried away with this. I'll be quiet now.
to answer the question: how do you deal with them?
you answered it already. you walk away. you get away. you stop being a victim and you get the hell out of there.