I think that the depressions I've experienced, along with my younger shyness (still have it, but hide it well) and anxiety draws those people to me, as I can identify them quickly and I will reach out.
Toxic people, however, takes me ages to notice. I don't attribute collecting them to be from my depressions (although I'm sure that helps make me appear to be easily taken advantage of) but I attribute it more to a dysfunctional family and my thus distorted reactions, toleration, and low self-esteem.
Sometimes it overlaps, as some toxic people can also be depressed people.
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"The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes, of ships, of sealing wax, of cabbages, of kings! Of why the sea is boiling hot, of whether pigs have wings..."
"I have a problem with low self-esteem. Which is really ridiculous when you consider how amazing I am.
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