as small as a world and as large as alone

7:58pm August 20, 2014

moonofficial:

just bc someone has low self esteem or has depression doesnt mean theyre not fucking disgusting and manipulative and i keep having to learn this lesson over and over

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#to be honest  #very many of the people who have been abusive and manipulative toward me had low self-esteem and depression #like there’s a particular type of person I keep encountering #who thinks that because they feel so shitty you owe them #and that if your support isn’t enough for them #they lash out at you for ‘not trying hard enough' #'not listening enough' #and they could drain you dry iwth their demands and just use you being too exhausted to give them anything more as proof you never really cared #and they also use the good faith mentally ill people have among each other #to make it harder to see the red flags

Oh have I ever seen this.  I’m hesitant to mention it because so many people will worry I mean them when I don’t.  But I’ve had this happen, as a pattern, and when it happens, it’s real.  It doesn’t mean every person with low self-esteem and bad depression who is 'high maintenance’ fits into this mold.  But it does mean be careful, be very careful.

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