
it’s definitely beyond shitty behavior but i can sympathize with why they do it. you see yourself as finally through and Done with it, but that long long period of self loathing never really goes away. it morphs into an almost phobia of people who are where you used to be, where your internal hatred of your past self projects outwards to distance and socially protect yourself. i’ve felt it a couple times, and i am thankful that i figured out it was my own past pain and not smth rational