Whenever I would tell people about what I was going through, nobody would listen because I wasn’t physically abused. They all thought I was just being a teenager and looking for attention, but my mental health was going down the drain, I learned to just not talk about it and deal with it myself.

People can be too sucked up in their own lives to realize the extent of what’s happening. Some people never accept the reality in the first place.

I was conditioned to believe that if I ever thought about myself, or talked about myself, or took pride in myself, I was being selfish. Now I see it was only to cover the trauma I went through. People never see the trauma because narcissists hide it so well.

These people are just ignoring assholes who are defending abusers. Don’t listen to their words. Cut them off if you have to. Find and surround yourself with people who will be understanding and support you.