Thank you for this article. Very good stressing the effect of social interactions, possibly pushing acetaminophen too much.
The difficulty I see with the forgiveness aspect is that, while we should all attempt to avoid bad social relationships or try to heal them when feasible if they are important to us, oversimplification of the concept of forgiveness could pose problems for those of us with a lot of boundary problems. Forgive,forgive,forgive is not a good approach for people who let people consistently take advantage of them and there are many of us on the forum. I liked Blanche’s reference to Buddhism which I like for the meditation and mindful aspect. However, I want to remember to walk away from some people and situations rather than letting bad situations occur repeatedly trying to forgive people who need to be avoided .