I am curious what they meant by “emotionally scarred”. Like, reality can be harsh, and learning that leaves an impression, but that doesn’t mean that the process was messed up, although it could have been.

Awkward is not bad, not always. It depends on the details.

And the original expression was wrong, too. Ignorance is real, but so are malice, greed, jealousy, hate, etc. Sometimes someone does something shitty and our instincts said they meant it and we’re right.

Fuck you.