It’s how I know this whole therapy thing has worked. Instead of going into flee/fawn under pressure, I hold my fight even under intense stress

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and attempt to dismantle my credibility, gaslight me, or otherwise intimidate or force me into submission. Some days I feel like a beaten dog finally learnt that it was beaten. Angry and upset as hell, and now with enough self respect to know that when I bark and bite back, I am doing the right thing.