fascinating how apparent people's own insecurities are in their vision of you, though. their terror of being treated in a certain way by you is the way they end up seeing you virtually, and it becomes real to them. more real than actual interaction. so much so, they sacrifice real interaction for their fantasy horror. because it's easier to believe in the monster and therefore avoid what challenges you to adapt and evolve as an individual, and instead keep the sanitized safety of sameness.