Nearly every time 🙃

Took me 48 years to figure out how to like myself and not rely on others for validation. You don't need the shield if you don't care what other people think. Easier said than done to get to that point!

Regarding the edited version specifically, if the person isn't willing to try to understand you, they were a shitty friend anyway. Still hurts to have to find that out, of course.

Fuck this happens so often, I ask a question and the person gets all defensive and then I need to explain I literally meant nothing just wanted to know the answer.

I think I have a vague idea of what i'm passionate about but finding people that share my ideas is something I'm incredibly bad at. At work, usually I feel like completely detached/disconnected from all other people. Their interests just don't seem to align with my own. And honestly. I don't really know how to find other people online either. I never know what to type or what to say, so in the end I just end up silent...