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I don’t feel like any of this is pathetic at all. From my perspective it just looks like you’re been treated cruelly and your brain is trying to find a way to rewrite those painful narratives to make them feel less cruel and maybe more hopeful. I don’t know if that makes sense, it made sense in my head lol .
Anyway, I think it’s normal to crave kindness, even from eejits who think it’s great to bully us. And I guess when someone who’s hurt you has done something slightly kind it can be magnified because it contrasts so differently with the pain they’ve caused.
I can relate to doing this because I know well I’ve done it myself with my uncle who I don’t have a great relationship with.
I hope that in time you will realise that you are worthy and that you’re not pathetic and there’s nothing wrong with you. You’re just trying to heal from very real and painful trauma in the best way that you can.
It makes sense that you would want to imagine a different outcome or scenario with the people who have bullied you, and it feels powerful that in the scenarios you imagine, the bullies finally recognise just how much they've hurt you, begin to treat you with dignity, and ultimately grow to care for you a lot.
I know you feel ashamed of yourself for imagining these scenarios, but I can imagine that it feels really gratifying - to have these people who've hurt you finally see you for the valuable, loveable person that you are. I hope you can give yourself some grace because bullying can be a truly awful and even traumatic thing to go through, and sometimes the brain is going to try and process and make sense of it in different ways.
We don't think you're pathetic, @bignosegirly0 , in any way
Sending hugs