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She turned her can'ts into cans and her dreams into plans

Today was insightful to say the least. Upon speaking to some family members I discovered that I blame a lot of things on 'them' and 'they'. Whenever I have some negative thought, or memory or recollection of something bad someones told me, I always lump it all into a vague 'they'. When I recall a negative memory, I always remember what was said and not who said it, resulting in this monstrous conglomerate of negative emotions all channeling from one cohesive 'they' figure that overshadows my thoughts and brings me down. " They all keep telling me my fingers will never heal" " They kept making fun of the bumper stickers on my car" " They wont let me decide for myself!" In the end, my friends and family and colleagues tend to ask me the obvious follow up question: "Well who said that ?!" and my response always stutters a bit, because I have to think for a moment. "Well, they. Them. People." A