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Old Feb 26, 2012, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Perna View Post
I think, especially at first, it is hard to tell the difference between "anger" and other strong emotion/emphasis? A T's desire to be understood can cause an intensity that can be mistaken for anger sometimes I believe. That the T may have a different opinion is not "anger" either, but I think that often, if we are not agreed with we can think the other person is "against" us or angry at us or that we're "wrong", etc.
I think that's true. Also, if we always think that when someone has a different opinion that they are NOT angry or upset or otherwise feeling negatively, we'd often be making insensitive assumptions about their actual underlying emotions.