when a sweaterboy says “no one has ever loved me the way i want to be loved” they mean that people love them (the sb) for the things the they do (acts of service etc) rather than who they are. when an absolute nightmare says “no one has ever loved me the way i want to be loved” they mean that people love them (the an) for who they are (larger than life) rather than what they do
the difference between absolute nightmare repression and sweaterboy repression is that nightmares try to have No Feelings Whatsoever and sweaterboys try to have Correct Feelings Only
some of yall are like “wow these fictional pairings feel similar for some reason…mac and dennis, house and wilson, mark and eduardo…but i cant put my finger on it…………anyways i hate johnlock”