Dear Elizabeth:

You are welcome.

“I learnt early in life that people tend to use your weaknesses and especially your pain against you“- it happens to me that someone else’s weaknesses and pain reminds me of my own, and how helpless I was .. and that makes me angry at the other person.. projecting my frustration and anger about my own past helplessness and wasted life.. into the other person, as in: why don’t you do something about your situation now??!!!

Above is me thinking out loud following reading your sentence, reminding myself to be aware of such projection and to not further  hurt .. an already hurt person.

“I found courage after writing this to seek professional help“- good to read this, I wish you well!

anita