It definitely seems like some of the "shock" at my "change" came from people who assumed I KNEW, that I had to know, that we all knew, how much cruelty & abuse was happening around me.
As if I used to be okay with it, & I suddenly stopped.
I was supposed to be a warrior FOR them. My zeal, my intelligence, & my education were all supposed to be weapons in THEIR arsenal. I didn't get the memo. *I* thought I was "serving God."