rr, ATAT -- indeed, indeed.

She did (very obviously) back-track pretty quickly -- unfortunately, unlike rr's rather awesome therapist, she doesn't seem to be at all keen on giving me practical suggestions to stop such behavior -- and then reminded me (which I now know but wasn't conscious of then) of playing out old dynamics (that I've played out with her as well) and that my boss is not my family etc etc.

But, rr, in all seriousness -- I quite like the suggestion of identifying trigger points (and yeah, you're totally right about the discomfort in speaking up contributing to it).

ATAT -- would you still challenge Blondie to a cage match if I tell you that it seems she has a thing for all things Churchill (or World War II)?