She knows he's right. She knows that Stefan's spiral doesn't justify doing this to her, but she can't help it. She needs to justify it, to make sense of it, because otherwise these things just keep happening to her for no good reason, and if she starts thinking that, she'll collapse under the weight of it.

She can't afford to do that. But she doesn't know if she's strong enough to stop it.

This time, when Matt reaches for her, she doesn't flinch away. She lets him pull her in and buries her face in his shoulder letting him support her for a little while.