'They saw that they were naked and were ashamed.'
The original narrative; and thus universal. We cover up, we make plays, and live out dramas, and a life without these dramas looks empty, like the void from which creation sprang. — unenlightened
Maybe intrusive, but have you actually had personal experience with mental illness? I ask because generally I don't trust mental health advice unless it's personally battle-tested or from someone professionally trained in the field. — fdrake
I mean, if someone at work was participating in a conversation and then suddenly said 'stay the fuck away' but remained in the conversation, I'm not really sure how I'd react. — csalisbury
You posted an emotionally charged meme and I responded with why I don't think that approach works. — csalisbury
May I enquire what's wrong with pleasing people? I think I'd like it if people spent more time pleasing each other and less time making each other miserable, by and large. — unenlightened
May I enquire what's wrong with pleasing people? — unenlightened
Excessive deference to other people's preferences, — fdrake
handling returns of products, I soon found out that the favorite word the customer wanted to hear was "I'm sorry", followed up with a quick refund for the created dissatisfaction. — Wallows
And did you also learn when to defer and when not to? — unenlightened
Excessive? I suppose that means 'more than I want to defer'. And that depends, personally speaking, on how and who the other is. I call this being responsive. — unenlightened
The worries are situation indifferent, is what I meant. — fdrake
if you repress modest discipline, everyone sounds like fitter happier. — csalisbury
I mean, if a person was exposed to trauma, abuse, and neglect, and form a resulting aversion towards risk with dealing with people, then what's wrong with that? — Wallows
To put it another way, if one learns to expect abuse and neglect, then one expects it from everyone thereafter. It makes perfect sense, except that one does not continue learning - that some are abusive and some are not. — unenlightened
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