03/06/2026
When your own mother couldn't love you right, other people's disapproval stops hitting the same. You've already survived the rejection that was supposed to destroy you, the one from the person whose love should've been automatic. So random people not liking you? That's background noise.
You spent your childhood trying to earn love from someone who withheld it no matter what you did. You twisted yourself into shapes, performed, people-pleased, and it still wasn't enough. Now you're an adult and someone's opinion of you barely registers because you've been immunized by the worst rejection possible. If your own mother's disapproval couldn't break you, yours definitely won't. Try again.
