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Old Oct 10, 2011, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by skysblue View Post
let's say we believe ourselves to be intrinsically selfish or lazy or greedy or self-indulgent or ....
All those words describe not factual character traits, but emotional reactions to them. Instead of someone admitting to themselves that they feel uncomfortable when they see a certain behavior by you, they say you are "selfish" or "lazy" or... Then, of course, you internalize that judgement made by them...
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Last edited by pachyderm; Oct 10, 2011 at 12:10 PM. Reason: I coulda said it better.
Thanks for this!
Sannah