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Old Sep 11, 2015, 08:07 PM
BudFox BudFox is offline
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Originally Posted by sabby View Post
This site is about personal experiences, what to expect when delving into psychotherapy or medications. When members respond in a way that does not state specifically something along the lines of "In my experience", "My experience was....", "I remember feeling...." and bestows only negative generalizations about a subject, then there will be dissent among the membership.
Yes understood. I think this point has been made by prior posters. Seems you are implying something but not certain.

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Originally Posted by sabby View Post
I (notice I'm using an I statement) have almost always found that when "I statements" are used, the message being delivered is much more acceptable than sounding like one is the only authority on that one side of the equation.
I find this quite patronizing (notice I am using an I statement).
Thanks for this!
sabby