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When someone treats you poorly, remember, it reflects more on them than on you. Their actions stem from unresolved pain, unhealed wounds, a lack of self-love that left them without the capacity to love you properly. They carry things you'll never fully understand, and you don't need to. Don't waste energy analyzing why they are the way they are.

Leave them with compassion, not hate. Their struggles are theirs to manage, not yours. But here's your responsibility. Ask yourself why you allowed them in. Why did you tolerate behavior that hurt you? Did you see the red flags and ignore them? Those questions matter. They're a chance to turn inward, to examine your own healing, to strengthen your boundaries.

Their actions were about them. But your tolerance was about you. That's the part worth understanding.