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Old Jan 25, 2009, 01:12 PM
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A situation occurred where she said something that wigged me out a bit. I got confused about how to intrepret the exchange and slipped into my distant, unflappable mode and when I couldn't clear up my confusion, I withdrew. I should have just taken a moment to check in with myself and the discussed my confusion with my friend. But I didn't want to get myself in a situation where I showed my confusion or risked hurting my friends feelings.
Good scenario to work on with your T.

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I think a lot of my negative perceptions come from my H. She seem to hurt him for some reason. When I have share little glimpses of her to him...he seems negatively affected, which then makes me wish I hadn't gone there.
No wonder you don't want to let her out. This sounds like something to focus on and figure out?
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