Yes but that's what I did for years. I'm in this weird phase where new people are in my life, and they all act like they like me, but they also have talked down to me or made light but hurtful and unfounded accusations when I try to stand up for myself.

It's just ... so uncomfortable trying to navigate my normal relationships now that I need to be able to to talk to people about these challenges because I need people in my corner. I need people to show SOME sign of support for me sometimes.

I just often wonder whatever happened to 'it takes a village' type-thinking where people all recognized that life was hard and we can cooperate and support each other to get through it.

But now when I'm like -- "I don't like how this person talks down to me or demeans me, and I want someone to have my back without causing any drama" the response is just "you should talk to a therapist about that" and it's like... I do that already.