[Viliam1234]

> It’s because the usual, and entirely understandable reaction to talking about this is “oh you think you’re better than me” hostility.

Yes. You try to describe how you got hurt, and people think that you are just bragging. (How exactly are you supposed to describe the social consequences of your higher intelligence without ever mentioning the fact?)

Then they look at some dysfunctional mechanism you developed as a result of your pain, and they conclude that you are a bad person and therefore you actually deserved it.

[gowld]

Calling people "string lamps" is not describing how you are hurt, it is bragging in the tackiest way.

[apotheon]

You appear to have the empathy of a moldy cheese sandwich.