This is not how it works, though. Your damage compounds with the damage of others, it doesn't negate it. Kids who go through Montessori, Waldorf, etc, have a m

This is not how it works, though. Your damage compounds with the damage of others, it doesn't negate it. Kids who go through Montessori, Waldorf, etc, have a much better foundation for dealing with damaged people. If you start from a place of self-respect and expect the same of others, you can recognize when others aren't going to reciprocate and you can cope with that.