#even though i recognize a lot of that is tilting at windmills to some extent

[not-terezi-pyrope]

Being an adult is constantly realizing more and more every year the extent to which the way people treated you as a child fueled the neuroses that still make up a good 50% of your core personality.

For me, I think I'm still compensating for the negative self-image I internalized from being treated as a social outcast and the butt of jokes when I was like. Ten years old.