I was reflecting on my time here on this forum and other forums I have been on, and I messaged my T.

About how I see evidence here of how people can have different wants and needs, and they're not like my former friend (who I rented a room from who got very abusive to me), or my family of origin.

Folks can, in general, live and let live. Folks aren't always relentlessly forceful or domineering. Folks can disagree without belittling others etc.

Thank you, folks. [emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590]

(And my inexperience with offline friendships in general wasn't due to lack of trying to form offline friendships, there was just NO opportunity for a lot of my life, including when I entered the workforce.

I was forcibly made to live like an agoraphobic person. Then when I started working once I finished vocational training, I worked really long hours with long commutes. No time to make friends when you get "home" anytime between 1130pm to 3am to get some sleep before clocking in at 9am.)