"Having one's feelings hurt without any physical contact at all is an offense, not necessarily harm."

This is a quote from the article and I find it illogical, questionably worded, paradox even. Break it down, and you have "Having one's feelings hurt is not necessarily harm".

That to me is actually a rather frighteningly obtuse statement. Especially the "without any physical contact" clause - that in a magazine "Psychology Today"?

So, "Having your feelings hurt with some physical contact", that's harm then? Or only when something's broken?

The examples, to me, didn't make anything better, because they seemed trivial to me.

But the abstract descriptions of a strange theory were for me: well, I would say "offensive". I don't feel harmed by the way, though my feelings were hurt, so maybe the whole article is its own best example.

Sorry, by the way, for being a bit controversial here. I really don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. [emoji848]