Why do people tell you you're not such a bad person, if you acknowledge you might be a bad person?
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I, and many more people I hope, have a good sense of self-reflection and selfawareness. It causes me to sometimes tell someone trusted (like my mother or a therapist/teacher) that I feel like I treat people poorly sometimes and it makes me feel like a bad person (this is the formulation that creates the least amount of 'no you're not' and more of an open mind). Now, their first respons is by far always: 'Because you think you could be a bad person, it doesn't make you a bad person.' Anyone else think that's bs? I understand it might be something they expect me to want to hear, but I don't and genuinely needed help with myself because I couldn't fix my behavior myself.
Or another one, if I can't get to studying and I scroll for the first 3 hours of the day even though I know darn well I have my final exams coming up in 2 days, 'it doesn't make me lazy, because I ask for help.' Your thoughts/experiences/possible explanations/theories, anything ; )