you think forgiving people is a concept? wait until you have to learn to forgive a place, a thing, an environment you grew up. wait until you have to learn to forgive an entire entity or group.

i have to forgive high school. not just people, but high school. literally. the concept, the environment, the people.. everything.
i have to forgive my high school self. i have to forgive so many THINGS and concepts that i felt so victimized by.

the places and things that trigger you? you gotta heal your relation with that thing. that can be a whole ass city, a state. trauma walks and it resides in the place you experienced it. and it’s so damn hard to return or to think about it.