I don't think it's silly. We can be persuasive with ourselves, or the other person can be very persuasive Thanks for sharing this post, I'm guessing it might help many who read it. Sometimes we all need gentle reminders to stay away from people who maybe have fit into a piece of our jigsaw caused by trauma. Just recently I was thinking of returning to see someone who had hurt me badly (not an online person).. (not a good idea...)