So, it’s still a little there right now but it used to be really bad. Not only did I say I was LGBTQ for attention (and so I could say slurs) aside from actually half-thinking I was bi, I used to bully autistic people and those different from me. I used to say racial slurs constantly because I thought it made me “cool”, and I didn’t really care about the rights of minorities or what was going on in places like Ukraine or Palestine.
Just wanted to get that out… I’m really a bad person, I know.
Recognizing your behavior was harmful to others is literally the first step to being a better, kinder, stronger person.
A lot of times people put down others to feel elevated themselves, which stems from low self esteem.
Acknowledging our own poor behavior takes guts, congratulations on your frist step to finding inner peace and strength.
You’ve done bad things maybe, but that doesnt doom you to being a bad person. “Being” is a constant state always changing.