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Originally Posted by HazelGirl
She is both. She has boundaries and strength because that's part of who she is. But she also has gentleness and care, because that's also part of her. One of the problems with trauma is that it forms a "black and white" view of the world.
People are either A or they're B, never both. But the reality of this world is that everyone is both.
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I need blacks and whites. Without them, I can make no sense of the world. No greys for me, please.
PS:
"Wily" is the Aspergic word for "grey".
PPS:
There used to be a phrase "manly and straight forward". Obviously no one would dare to use that now! (It dates from the days when people used brute force to make things black and white, generally at other people's expense.) But is describes Mr T and emphatically does not describe Madame T.