Quote Originally Posted by Mattie View Post
One thing I HATED was when someone tells me that I'm either seeking attention or victimizing myself when I'm upset, because they personally feel like my reaction is disproportionate to what I'm upset about. This may be true if they only have the present context, but I usually have weeks of frustration about something build up before something like this would happen.
Yeah I can relate to this. I'm not quite sure what people think they're accomplishing when they say things like this. Even if someone doesn't quite grasp the reaction there's really no need to use that as an opportunity to make dickish remarks; it's like kicking someone when they're already down