Look we have records of Medieval Knights crying out in their sleep, having emotional outbursts or flinching at the sound of clashing metal. We have records of people all through history who were treated badly by people who should have loved them, and having problems knowing who to trust. We have years worth of artists putting their human pain at broken hearts and broken promises into music that makes us cry.
Yes people have been traumatized by awful things for all of history and just like them You didn’t deserve to be hurt either.
“suffering doesn’t make you better, it just makes you suffer” - maus
People who have the "I suffered and therefore I want others to suffer and anyone who suffers less than me but still complains is weak" mentality seem to forget that not everyone has that mentality.
Plenty of people have the "I suffered and I refuse to let it continue" mentality. And plenty of people in the past had that mentality too. That's why people are suffering less now. People in the past decided to rise up and fight back against their suffering instead of wearing it as a badge of honor. They'd be proud of the people who are continuing the fight today.
