I personally tend to go with the idea that..

“when someone shows us or tells us who they are, believe them”

Along the same lines of “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”

I am not particularly trusting... which I think is a “strength” given all the abuse I’ve experienced ...

This isn’t about any of the recent threads. I appreciate all the sharing here.

A therapist once told me I had “too many defences"....

(I am not interested in discussing the “merits” or otherwise, or anything about the “psych system” in some forests. Thank you)

(not about anyone here)