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Old Apr 18, 2018, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian View Post
Think of the term "toxic people". Why are they called toxic? Because their behaviors can make one ill! Yet in some cases, there is hardly anything one can do about a toxic individual - either deal with or go away
Doesn't the impression of "toxicity" depend on how capable one feels about dealing with the situation? Is the "toxicity" an unchanging property of the person, or only of the interaction between the person and those dealing with her?

Some illnesses we had no idea how to treat in the past are now much better understood, so that we can really make progress with them. Maybe such is possible with psychological disorder too?
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