I Am a Child Abuse Survivor

If you want to fight back when people tell you that you're worthless, then the trick is to learn to know yourself. If you don't know who you are, then you can't really fight their ugly views of you, not with any real strength, because you keep wondering if maybe they might be right.

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LadyWioness · 56-60, F

Or develop a thick skin, and not care what they think. When someone really knows you, they know you're not

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

I can dig that, especially in the moment when you have to deal with the assholes spitting their shit at you. But afterwards, when I'm processing it, I'd rather bounce off criticism because I know that it's not true, instead of bouncing it off automatically without considering it. A thick skin without self knowledge is just self-faith, based on automatic assumption, which can be ego as easily as it can be strength. I'd rather stand tall based on a self-belief born from self knowledge.