Payback shouldn't mean gaslighting you into thinking you wanted the pain. That's not fair.
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Payback shouldn't mean gaslighting you into thinking you wanted the pain. That's not fair.
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She broke it
Broke it into so many pieces
And didn’t fix it
Said it was payback
And that
That I desired it
That I deserved it
Because I was derived
Me— derived of heartbreak
Clearly we weren’t meant to be
Thoughts
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Payback shouldn't mean gaslighting you into thinking you wanted the pain. That's not fair.
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Do you think she actually believed what she said, or was she just trying to hurt you back?
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This reads like someone who knows you didn't deserve any of it but the words stuck anyway.
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The way you're questioning yourself instead of her. That's the real damage 💔
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Do you believe you were 'derived of heartbreak' or is that just what her words made you feel?
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the way she twisted it to say you deserved it. that's its own kind of break, honestly
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Did she ever actually say what you supposedly broke, or was it always just assumed?
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That blame-shifting hit hard. You didn't break anything, you were just there when it fell.
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