I am feeling very annoyed. Someone in a group I'm in gave me unsolicited advice after I said something in a conversation we were having, as if I don't already know, and I feel talked down to. I just sat there. I felt unable to truly express myself and say what I was feeling. I felt this need to be polite. Ugh. **** that. I want to be more assertive. I want to be able to say "I know." Or, "I don't feel like I need advice, I was just offering my thoughts." Just because something is coming from a kind place in someone else, doesn't mean it's not harmful. But I need to speak up for myself so they know what I'm actually thinking and feeling.