Therapy - the Messiah Complex, Your Experiences and Judgments

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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be patronizing. I know I often come off sarcastically and can be quite cynical--so when I'm not intending to be those things, people can't tell the difference. I genuinely meant your way sounds healthier than mine. I don't have the best coping skills when I bump up against untruths or things I perceive as untruths. I want to categorize those untruths and sort them so that they make sense to me and others. You, on the other hand, have decided to let it go. To say, "Eh, not a big deal." I wish I could do that. I can't....it's not even a matter of won't. I just can't reach that yet. For the small, petty things, sure. A line-cutter, I'll let that go. A thief, it depends on what's stole, but an untruth I can't let that go. Maybe for people pretending to have an untruth, but for people who genuinely believe in an untruth, I have to fix it xD I have to go BOOM and then I'm alright.

The way you've faced your truths is very honest. It may not have been very functional at the time--but it's very honest. You didn't avoid or hide from your truths. You stood in its path and received it. Now you've shared it with others. There's a lot of power from those acts. I was being sincere, not patronizing. I definitely think I am superior in many ways, to many people but in this situation I definitely think I'm not superior. I believe you're superior, as I refuse to share my truths. I don't trust or like people enough to openly share. I share with maybe a handful, but beyond that--people are too unkind to trust (for me).

Or maybe you thought I was being patronizing for a different reason?