Oh dear, yeah- People can, unfortunately, be heartless monsters such as those 😟 However, I do so hope that those people have either become better than who they were back then, or have at least gotten karma done to them for their actions. After all, as somebody who has, too, been emotionally abused and manipulated (which was even done to me by people who were very close to me), as well as some other things, I understand as to how that can be emotionally and mentally scarring. It's definitely not fun stuff to live with, though it's also incredibly difficult to let go of, for some reason. One of the things that helps me most is just remembering that that all is in the past, and it's over. The chances of encountering those people ever again are incredibly low, and so I shouldn't be so worried or tense about it, even though it has certainly left me with quite the damage, especially since I was also rather young at the time. Another thing that can help is turning a Google Doc into a bit of a vent diary, you know? Use that to just write out your feelings and get all of that inner stress out and, of course, if you don't have Google Docs, there are plenty of other resources to confide in, such as this:
https://www.rapidtables.com/tools/notepad.html
It's a private site, so it'll only be accessible to yourself, thus meaning you can go as wild as you want with it (‾◡◝) Of course, everybody will have their own coping methods that work best for them, so you've just gotta find your own in the meantime <3 Who knows, maybe even just telling me all of this is helping you out, and so I just want you to know that you're always free to come and vent to me about this stuff, all right?
Love you for being able to get that all out, Queen ♥