I have gone from a person who wouldn’t hesitate to seek retribution against the people who have wronged me to a person who steadfastly refuses to continue the sick cycle carousel of hurt people hurting people; however “justified” one feels in making one’s vengeance as a virtuous act.
I didn’t ask to be harmed, abused, traumatised, or have my pain publicly (and privately) misrepresented by some asshole who couldn’t be brave enough to deal with their own trauma in a constructive way. Their egotism is not my problem and I see that for what it is now.
But I’ll be goddamned allowing any of their bullshit to turn me into a misanthropic person. I am a fighter, yes. I fight as hard as I do because I love even harder.