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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear
he was very competent at misunderstanding
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I like this.
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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear
unrelenting anxiety...Keeping it all in my head is not at all helpful.
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Addressing the memories themselves has not worked for you.
Is there anything in your immediate physical environment that tends to evoke the memories? (
No need to answer.)
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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear
“To grow a thick skin”
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To paraphrase an old saying, if you multiply your defences such that nothing can reach you, you can't reach out.
But you are correct. The parental units
said one thing ("grow a thick skin"), but
did another -- make sure your "skin" was thin enough for them to "feed" on you. But I'm just stating the obvious...
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.