Is this a democrat or a republican thing?

Yes you either learn to deal with situations and stand up to people or you become a victim. I choose to learn how to deal with them so it eventually made me a whole lot stronger as painful as the learning process was.

@Witchthatwantsfun 🤔i think you are taking a more mature attitude too these arseholes and letting things they say go over your head and laughing them off . that basically is the best and only way too deal with that sort and not let them see it bothers you what they say 😆

No, just wary

I want this to be true for me, but I still feel all the embarrassment and pain of everything and think about it all a lot! I still get upset, but hopefully it will make me strong in later life!

Yep. But in becoming tougher, I’ve also become bitter, untrusting and disillusioned with life. Doesn’t mean I’ve become a better person.

I'm a survivor but trauma still gets the better of me at times. I am working on getting stronger all the time though. No option but to.

True. Experiences good or bad makes us smart and matured. We just don't fall for cheap skates ..

In some regard. But letting go of the past isn't an easy thing to do.

They did shaped me into what I am today. Toughness & strength takes a Lot of time though.

My mental health deteriorated instead 💀

It still hurts when women reject my marriage proposals

Or they made me weird

Nope.

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Some of them made me guarded and unkind for awhile. People like to say "what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger". I maintain that it can also leave you emotionally damaged.

I'd say the tough experiences that I was able to overcome made me tougher. Some of my bad experiences were traumatic and made me weaker though. It's a mixed bag.

Don't see how busting my knuckle helped though. Lol