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PhilDeep · 51-55, M
That even the person one holds closest to one's heart can betray us, gaslight us, and can't automatically be assumed to be trustworthy, just because we've fallen in love with them; even if it's reciprocated, because emotional damage from the past can be very real, and very abrasive in subsequent relationships.
