The start of my happiness.

[Tyler12]

Another thing was a lack of "back bone".
It wasn't that I wouldn't stand up for myself. More that I avoided conflicts at all costs.
Maybe not the most healthy way to work on that with me but she said she used to pick small topics and intentionally see if I would back down or have a back bone. At first I would. As time went on I stopped both standing up and backing down. I stopped doing anything. Just overly giving in. Ya ok whatever attitude and it made her think I didn't care at all
So it's not that I have to go looking for fights with people. But not be a doormat to anyone either