Venting Honestly? Fuck it. Why shouldn't I give back the energy hateful people give to me?

[phantomisgone]

I've been trying to be so kind and nice to people in this world. So many times of my life I've been told to turn the other cheek, be the bigger person, let it go. It doesn't help any of my situations. People will continue to abuse. People will continue to be selfish. People will continue to not care about others. So why should I continue to care about other people?

"You will repeat the cycle of abuse." At this point... so what? I, myself, am tired of being abused.

Now I'm not saying that I'm going to hurt innocent people. I'm not about that at all. I'm just saying that at this point, people who continue to do me wrong, after I told them to stop it, will get the same equal treatment. I don't care anymore. I've cared for too long.

Tired of being mistreated and the abusers get to walk, while I have to sit in therapy for what they did to me.

 

[Ε. Η. R.]

That's right.
There's no need to forgive insults or let go of the harm done to you.

I've been trying to be so kind and nice to people in this world. So many times of my life I've been told to turn the other cheek, be the bigger person, let it go.

They are definitely wrong.

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

People often insert phrases like "be the bigger person" and "don't repeat the cycle" into conversations where they don't belong. Not laying down and taking abuse is not perpetuating a cycle. Defending yourself is not stooping to their level.

The line to walk can be thin, but never let them tell you that you must sacrifice your autonomy to heal.