I’m definitely doing the best I can with what I got. Right now, at 32, I got an emotional maturity of a 10 year old (by my estimation). It’s hard to develop socially and emotionally when you’re constantly emotionally abused by the outside world. Or you’re constantly taking a hit emotionally every time some nice person, out of the blue, turns on you.

Just like a child wouldn’t physically grow and develop if they’re going hungry and getting beat up, people who been frequently emotionally traumatized don’t develop emotionally