Aside from actual PTSD, I have very little understanding for why someone would abandon a good thing associated with someone who harmed them.
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A guy considered a friend tried to destroy my reputation after a falling out, going to painstaking lengths to accomplish it (but failing).
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The same guy also introduced me to a lot of cool music, films etc. - even introduced me to one of my main hobbies. Should I have quit that?
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No. Fuck that guy. I'll milk every good thing I can out of his "friendship". He wasted enough of my time. Why let him have anything else?
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If we avoid the best things from the worst people in our lives, because it's somehow "tainted", we only lose from those relationships.
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Some of the most instructive experiences in my life came from people I would never want to meet again. Being "safe" from that is a trap.