I grew up in an environment where there were consequences to expressing myself. Complaints and deviations from the "right path" were not allowed, punishable with spankings. To this day I have not overcome this. I see every stranger as a person who is ready to verbally cut me down, tell me everything I said wrong, call out my weaknesses, and report it to the authorities. "Hell is other people" is a mantra I tell myself. #TraumaDump