As I write, I am thinking back on all of the terrible things I was told over the years, and what strikes me as the most horrific thing about them is the idea that people openly complaining, crying, showing signs of trauma, "whining" are a more serious problem than those committing the actual abuse that damaged them to begin with.

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Your anger gives you strength while others are weakened at their cores by avoiding theirs.

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