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Old May 12, 2007, 09:45 PM
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> How is this supportive oh supportive one??

Its supportive in the sense that I'm trying to understand where you might be coming from instead of making malevolent assumptions. I could just say that you are prone to lashing out because you perceive others to be attacking you. Over and over and over again (you admitted it seems to happen a lot). I was trying to be a bit supportive about why it might be that you do have a tendency to perceive others to be attacking you. So maybe people could be a bit more understanding of you and not take your attacks personally.

Its supportive in the sense that I'm trying to encourage you to understand where others might be coming from in that they may well have good reasons not to trust authority. That those reasons may have nothing to do with you. Hence if people question your authority then you don't need to take it personally. Maybe...

I'm interested in process stuff. Repeated patterns. Cycles. I'm interested in how to break the cycles. It really is the case that one can only worry about ones own behaviour. The cycle stops HERE so to speak. Still, being aware of it and of ones role in it can often be productive.

If I'm right I guess a couple of predictions follow:

You would be most likely to clash with people who question your authority.

And... Because you are very concerned about people questioning your authority you tend to perceive people to be doing that even when it isn't their intention. What that tends to lead to is... An attempt to command authority. What that tends to lead to is... Commands and in some instances hyperbolic phrases which actually serve to undermine your authority.

With respect to supportiveness...

I'm trying to help things be more supportive. You can take it or leave it. Externalise it (yeah i'm against you just like everybody else) or actually have a think about ones role...

The latter... Tends to EARN respect.