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Originally Posted by Rohag
 We are tiny fish in a social ocean of people constantly defining us by their standards and telling us - verbally and non-verbally - what we "should" want and be. You are most correct declaring the project of self-definition "easier said than done".  (sad hug)
I find some degree of social detachment is necessary for me to ... swim against the current.
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The social ocean of people.. (crazy)
Constantly defining us by THEIR standards...
And all THEIR “shoulda” (yawn)
I think you’re wise finding a level of social detachment (crazy)
Dorothy Rowe writes about “introverts” and “extraverts”... I haven’t read much by her for a long time ... some of her views are interesting I think, and not the
“standard (badly done by some if someone doesn’t fit the “box” -

imo -

uk cbt “stuff”

(not that one size “should” fit all some still seem to dish out in this forest

I sometimes wish I lived in a different forest. Meanwhile I’ve found more sensible ideas online