I love when a character's flaws, coping mechanisms, negative and positive past experiences, trauma, past mistakes, personality, mental disabilities, mental illness, whatever the fuck else, etc. end up causing them to act in a way that isn't necessarily logical. It doesn't align with their morals. It doesn't help them get what they want. It makes things worse for them, actually, and they HATE IT. But they were never taught how to properly cope in a healthy way, and they genuinely do not know how to act any other way, and no one teaches them, so they are just stuck like this.




















