grown adults get groomed, so it shouldn’t be surprising how easy it is for children to be (´༎ຶོρ༎ຶོ`)

even if you never fully overcome your coping mechanisms, I hope you can still find connection with others who can understand why you are the way you are, and don’t try to exploit you
ヽ(´▽｀)/

it’s a lot of trial and error to find people to relate to when you experience things that are ‘unusual’, esp because they go through the same issues w connectivity, but definitely many out there