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Do you expect to be treated the way you deserve?

Usually, when someone treats me poorly, I quickly realize that it's not my fault, and they have a problem that has nothing to do with me. But for some reason, before I realize that, I all too often have this thought, What did I do to make them so upset? or What is it about me that makes them see me that way, or want to treat me that way? I almost always manage to dismiss those thoughts, the moment they come, but they still come.

Is it just me, or do other people have those thoughts too, when they're treated badly?

On the flip side, when someone is good to you, do you feel better about yourself, like you must have done something right, to deserve to be treated well?

Of course, we all (hopefully) realize that the way people treat us says a lot more about them than it says about us, but still, that seems to be the default expectation, at least for me. Am I the only one?
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Interesting. But on some level, the way the world treats us has to be a reaction to how we treat the world. No?

I'm working on my behavior and trying not to be such a judgy bitch in school. I know that the way some people treat me has to be a result of the way I've treated them in the past.

I think there's some truth to what you say, but there's also some truth to the opposite. Like reality is in the middle somewhere.
TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F
@IAmJess I think sometimes this is the case. Sometimes I do get back what I give, though not always. The trick is knowing when people are reacting to the way I treat them, or to the image that I present to them, and when they are perhaps reacting to an image they have of me that bears little if any resemblance to who I am. This can be very tricky, at times, as sometimes I see what I want to see, and sometimes others see what they want to see also. Is it really me that they are reacting to, or just something they're seeing that really isn't me at all? 🤔
[quote][i][c=#BF0000]"...or to the image that I present to them..." [/c][/i][/quote]
This, I think, is my problem.