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- Nobody is A Mind Reader.
Nobody is A Mind Reader.
Do you ever feel the need to scream at everyone, or kick at walls or just hit something when you're angry? Please don't hit anybody!
And it's never the 'big' thing that sets you off. Sometimes it's just that the offences have been piling up, until you combust over something seemingly irrelevant, like someone borrowing your things and forgetting to keep them exactly how and where they found them.
When you finally lose your cool, everyone starts doing like you're "too much", giving you weird judgmental looks, and making you feel like you're in the wrong, when it's just an echo of all the hurt you've been swallowing.
Well, I've been there too (a lot of times, actually). And I've learned that it's better for me to express my grievances early with whoever is concerned. It beats simmering like a pot of stew until I erupt on an unlucky soul in very, very angry tears.
People won't know they've pissed you off if you don't tell them. A friend once fired back, "How would I have known if you didn't tell me now? Am I a mind reader?" And it made sense.
Not everyone sees things through your lens. If you don't pull them behind the camera, they'll never get the chance to understand.
Omakodim from MANI