I like to think of us lot as tigers.

As tigers, natural predators, we are hunted down by humans, scarred and hurt, a lot. Bleeding and howling all over, increases our need for nutrition, so we have to hunt more. Hunting more makes us hated even more and hunted down even more. Rinse and repeat. Thats how the cycle goes.

But every once in a while, you see stories about how a kind human rescued a predator like idk a lion from dying in the middle of the forest. Unfortunately, most animals don't have that, and instead get sent to the vet to be healed and into a zoo. Animals dont like the zoo, but they know theres no escape anyways. 

Just like that, most of us get sent to the vet and then to a zoo, because humans cant deal with us without hurting us or getting hurt. Even then humans come to say hi and smile at you which isnt a bad fate either.

But the lucky few meets a kind human, the human stays with you until your open wounds turn into distant scars, tolerates a bite or two or even ten you do out of instinct, and provides you the stability and love you need while healing, the one vets cant provide, and they make sure you turn into a kind, lovely tiger. 

I was lucky enough to meet a kind human, that being my girlfriend. Shes stayed with me no matter how deep the bites were and instead of getting mad at me for them, shes wrapped up her wounds really quick and went right over to me to give me the comfort and nutrition i needed.

I dont know where im going with this, i guess maybe ive been tryna say that yes we are tigers, yes we harm humans, as bad as it is for both us and them, we have a reason to and even more importantly we have a way out of that entangled fate.

I hope everyone on this sub finds the vet or the kind human they need.

***That said, its still the skin cells that heals itself and the vet/human only helps with the process so no slacking on therapy or healthy coping mechanisms, you can do it!***