Reflections on validation needs

Or, why I went about dragging myself into an ongoing local social feud, since last spring... but this is not an attempt to reopen those several lines of discussion. This is a note for myself, for future reference when I find myself slipping back into a susceptible state. It is difficult to discuss, and embarrassing.

( Control, manipulation, apologies... ruminations. )

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Another note to self: don't read friendsfriends if I'm not prepared for whatever my friends may be saying to others. Maybe it's better not to know, sometimes...