I will not say I’m sorry, but I will say that I understand.

I’m not going to tell you I’m sorry. I’ve said it before and the same way it had no effect then, it will have no effect now. So instead I will tell you that I understand. I understand what you felt because I have finally felt it too. Part of my problem was not that I couldn’t comprehend what you were feeling or why you were feeling like that, it was that I lacked the actual experience to understand. I lacked the ability to empathize although I sympathized. So now I will say I’m sorry because it symbolizes more than me acknowledging that I have done something wrong. It symbolizes the regret I feel for the pain I have caused you , it symbolizes the pain I now feel because of the decisions I have made, and it symbolizes my newfound understanding for what I have done. I understand.

bpdddisaster:

I can’t believe there are people who enjoyed their teen years like wtf do u mean you didn’t struggle with incapacitating mental illness