“People only see what they are prepared to see.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Abuse is a funny thing. I don’t mean humorous, of course.
I mean the other definition of funny: difficult to explain or understand. Abuse shouldn’t be difficult to understand. If someone is mistreated, we should be able to clearly point a finger and proclaim, “That is wrong.” But not all abuse is obvious or clear-cut.
I for most of my adult life and didn’t know it. Crazy, right? Let me state it again: I was abused and didn’t know it. I only saw what I was prepared to see.
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