“van gogh ate yellow paint because-” he was suicidal, karen
“If Van Goah had antidepressants, we wouldn’t have his artwo-” We’d have a lot more of his work, Karen, and who the fuck cares about what we get from him he deserved to be well, karen.
Anyone else terrified that they are toxic and manipulative and just can’t see it? Or is that just me?
A lot of people who’ve been abused think this. It’s very common for abusers to try to convince their victims that they, in some small part, deserve the abuse.
And a common way of doing that is to frame the defensive tactics of the victim as bad, manipulative things.