You know what it feels like when you've had complicated things happen to you in your life and you live with somebody who has to keep pretending that those things never happened to you because it makes life simpler and easier for him? Well, it feels like gaslighting, sometimes. Not like the highest level of respect for your life experience is being cultivated, I would say. I also think this is kind of behavior really common and normalized, and it happens quite often, in different and less theatrical ways, with other people, too. It's just normal for a lot of people to push away what seems too difficult to comprehend. Maybe they'll be better at thinking about it or comprehending it later.
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