Committed to Misunderstanding Me

Dear Delyara, I am learning that some people are committed to misunderstanding you. Not because you are unclear. Not because you have not tried. But because understanding you would require them to question themselves, and some people would rather protect their self-image than tell the truth. This is painful, but strangely freeing too. It means I can stop begging to be seen by people who only want the easiest version of me