We simply cannot intuit what others do. We misunderstand. And they misunderstand us. We know what it is to be resented, and even disliked by those closest to us from early on. And we don’t expect good things to last for long. From classrooms to workrooms, we are accustomed to feeling victimized, shamed, cast aside; to say such things aloud would sound paranoid or suspicious; more often than not, we don’t speak up. Not even to ourselves.
