• unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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    5 months ago

    there is no distinction between someone drowning 10 meters under water to someone drowning 5 meters under water, they are both drowning

    That’s a great analogy, I might have to steal that.

    I actually had a similar experience. Had a partner with a horrifically abusive mother, who also ended up abusing me. I was so focused on the suffering of my eventually ex-partner that I very strongly suppressed how it was affecting me and how I was suffering. The consequences were… Well, let’s not go there.