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Self-destructive myths don't help you - they lock you into the same chain of events, the same damaging perspective on events. And a breakup with a boyfriend is not being broken into a million pieces by an awful world - it's a normal part of life - you'll go through many relationships before you find those that will become serious and true.
And no one can understand being an orphan if they are not. But then again - no one can understand the true horrors of FGM unless it happened to them. No one can understand the depths of pain and conflict of having child abusers or worse, molesters for parents unless they went through it, no one can understand the horror of finding out your parent was the BTK killer unless they went through it........
We all have our burdens, some greater than others. That's no reason to close everyone out, or think they won't understand.
