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Old Dec 30, 2010, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by WePow View Post
As a child, I was unable to process the BIG stuff that was happening all around me. But I was in pain and had to process SOMETHING. So I would latch onto something that was smaller and would go through deep emotional pain about that issue instead of what was really bothering me.

It was a dual cognative distortion for survival. Minimize the big issue, maximize the small issue.
OMG I can so relate but never had it put in words like that before!! Thank you so much ((WePow)).
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Thanks for this!
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