Well. First of all: thank you, MOST commenters, for your interesting and respectful comments here. A lot of food for thought! Appreciated.

To the disrespectful/gaslighting/invalidating minority of commenters here: fuck you. Go bug somebody else. If you wanted to drive me angry, I'm sorry but you failed. I'm just naturally blunt. Living my best life over here. I wrote this article out of curiosity, not desperation. The majority of people here understood that, and it resonated with their own experiences. If you haven't noticed that, maybe it's because you're too busy gazing at your own navel to even NOTICE other people exist. How sad. I pray you find the peace you're looking for. Oh yeah, and before I forget: shove this entitlement of yours you-know-where. No you can't silence me. No you can't manipulate me into silence either. I will speak about my personal experiences as much as I fucking want. What are you gonna do, crybabies? Sue me? Go ahead then.