Obvious Facts People Didn’t Realize Were True Until Much Later in Life

I have so many questions about this next one. Does it mean that this woman was in therapy for years, and her therapist or therapists repeatedly told her that she had an addictive personality but never took the time to explain what that actually meant?

First off, how sad, because that means that she was never able to do anything to deal with it if she didn’t understand it. Second, how hilariously overconfident do you have to be to hear “People are addicted to your personality” and think “Yep, that sounds correct”?