Posted by virgoOPPP Posted by allrounder
I don't o_o I've dealt with way too many toxic, abusive and manipulative ass people who've bullied, tormented, harassed, hurt and traumatised me in some way that if you've heard everything I've been through, you'd probably be amazed at how I'm still alive and kicking right now lol
Though, I have father abandonment issues, so I think in the past I was one of those girls who liked "bAd boYs" and all those guys were also part of the deep trauma I am doing intense healing work from since mid 2020 to now since I also can't afford therapy just yet.
I'm just tired of toxic people. Too many wounded people in the world who need to heal. I think we all exhibit positive and negative traits though, because we're all living a human experience. We need that balance. It is about not letting one side take over the other though in my opinion and embracing all sides of you and others. But it's only when you truly accept yourself, are you able to see that in others and truly accept them too.
so if both my parents were neglectful, then i just like bad people in general?
hmm i don't think i'm into bad bois but more like sad bois. most toxic guy i've ever dated was a capricorn. someone did try to take advantage of me financially once but we dated for like a heartbeat so i wasn't all that 'traumatized' about it. but with the capricorn, that definitely left a mark on me. it's just that, i feel like literally everyone has some issue they need to work through which makes me overlook a lot of red flags.
i have a very withdrawn, standoffish personality and i'm very intentional about being this way coz i'd like to avoid that whole bullying/harassment stuff which comes from associating with people lol. but i live in a very sociable area where the more you're closed off, the more people tend to gossip about you. and it's hard to defend yourself when you don't want to talk. i've left some jobs over this. i guess when people find suspicious tidbits about you and you're so quiet, they automatically turn hostile.
for example, i have a great fear of my medical records getting out. my health is very erratic and i've made the mistake of sharing this to one of my co-workers which then snowballed into gossip with the sentiment being that i should be investigated. i'm completely fine at that moment. is it the pandemic making people act this way? yet how is my health anyone's business? it's so ridiculous and just makes me want to avoid people even more.
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I completely understand as a fellow reserved and ambiverted but more introvert Virgo lol
Of course everyone is working through issues of all kinds but you can still be kind and assertive whilst going through a tough time without being toxic and projecting your wounds onto others by bullying them or lashing out on them when they've done nothing to aggravate you. Which is something my abusive narcissist mother does..
It's more about assessing how people act in the same situations. You'll see who's toxic and who's not through that trial and error. And you're an introverted Virgo too I'm assuming, we're very observant and analytical people so I'm sure you'll know what I mean.
I don't know if I come off as cold or standoffish as well, but I know I'm reserved and generally if I don't click with anyone, I'll stay very quiet unless spoken to or unless I need something or need to ask something.
I've been bullied in school many times for many months long even if I do nothing, and it's likely because I'm reserved and stood out in a white dominant school as an Asian kid. There were some other POC people but only 2 others in my year/grade who were Asian. But I know I was someone that the popular guys or other random guys had a crush on at some point or just stood out in some way but they all bullied or picked on me at some point regardless, including the girls.
So it doesn't matter whether you talk to these types of people or not, but you're right, it seems this world is incredibly judgemental in that if you seem weird or odd in some way and you're introverted/reserved/antisocial/quiet to groups of people, a handful of them will view and interact with you in a judgemental and hostile way. Or yes, gossip about you which I know I've been gossiped about hundreds of times. I just don't let it bother me anymore. Cause if I do, I'm only doing a disservice to myself and giving myself stress over something I simply cannot control but I'm okay with that. Let them talk. It's their problem with me, not mine.
And I understand. I've been hurt so many times that I have trust issues I'm still working on too and I do my best to work on it everyday in small or big ways. I think it's about working on our trust issues, because it's also about the realisation that not every single person in this world is horrible. But obviously still protect yourself by enforcing and protecting your boundaries and energy and not being super easily trusting when you meet someone new, especially if you feel intuitively off about someone. It's just like the whole thing of you can be with hundreds of kind people everyday, but the moment you meet one toxic person, they can deeply traumatise you forever unless you choose to heal your wounds.