Thanks. And I'll definitely do that!

And as far as I know, not really. In fact, my mom was a lot harsher on my teachers than I was. Maybe it was just because there were some good times mixed in with the really rough stuff. And because there was that whole...well, thing about adults and kids is that I think there's kind of an inherent power imbalance; like when you're a kid, a rebuke from an adult is like a rebuke from God. (That's my experience, anyway) So I guess seeing adults with this the-adults-are-God perspective, plus preexisting issues like learning disabilities and anxiety kind of made me wonder if I kind of brought it on myself, even when honestly, some of their reactions were weird -- there was one instance where I was sent to the principal's office because one teacher thought I was laughing at her when I wasn't (I was ten at the time), for example. As for the woman I mentioned -- well, she did have issues of her own (pretty bad ones) and I guess...well, I guess I have a bit of a saving-people-complex. I felt like I was just going for the low blow/being unfair by getting angry at how she treated others. And I guess I thought I was being oversensitive because...well, one thing my parents did do was tell me I was oversensitive to stuff. Which, even if they weren't being insensitive on purpose, was still insensitive. (I kind of talked to my dad about it as he was the worst offender in that regard; he thought I just got "bent out of shape" about stuff and didn't really identify with how passionate I got about it.) And I thought "it was just something over the Internet; how could it have upset me that badly". Plus, it actually took something my mom pointed out -- I was in a certain community which sort of normalized that woman's behavior (the woman I mentioned, not my mom). I guess I also wanted validation that this was not normal, this was not okay, but it really took right now to realize that it left a pretty bad effect. Probably due to preexisting issues that that confrontation exacerbated, and probably due to some of the words the woman used, such as basically calling me stupid, ignorant, etc. (Warped thing was that she actually thought she was helping people through her behavior. Not even close, honestly) I guess I also worry about people calling me stupid and ignorant and such -- sometimes justified, sometimes not. (I just wonder why it seems to be a recurring theme in my worries, especially since according to others my intellect is not bad)

And sorry that your parents did that to you. :Hugs:

And yes, exactly! For me, I'm trying to find that healthy middle ground between understanding someone while still going, "I refuse to put up with this." So I might have to work on telling myself the same thing: some people's behaviors we shouldn't make allowances for, and that's okay.