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Old Jun 21, 2021, 01:06 PM
Bill3 Bill3 is offline
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Thanks for your response!

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What does a crisis look like in your opinion?

And specifically, what do people think of when someone says they are in a crisis and would like to talk?
Here is a definition from Collins online dictionary:

A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.

If someone was told that their friend/relative was in crisis and needed to talk, three of the items in our list might come to mind:

"I won't be able to help"
"This is going to take a long time"
"That person is going to be really upset"

Plus they might also be thinking, depending on the situation:

"Not again."
"I really don't want to deal with this."

I think what this all means is that one needs to be judicious about who one approaches when in crisis. People can be genuine friends and nevertheless not feel willing or able to help out when there are serious problems.

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While writing this out, I switched to the positive in the middle of it. Because I've thought about that today, about positive ways to have interactions with my family. Or with anyone else really. It strongly relates to me finding my old/real self again.
Can you say more about positive ways to have interactions with your family, and also more about how that relates to finding you old/real self again?
Thanks for this!
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