The Hidden Violence in Being Nice

I grew up around niceness. Not warmth. Not emotional honesty. Not openness.Niceness. The kind where people said one thing to your face and another behind closed doors. The kind where discomfort was swallowed, truth softened, emotions edited to remain acceptable. Nobody called it pretending. It was simply how relationships functioned. And because everyone around me […]

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