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Old Feb 26, 2009, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by pachyderm View Post
changing them is not under my control, except excruciatingly slowly.
I beg to differ, but then you qualified that statement..... What is wrong with going slowly?????????

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I think these counterthoughts are relics of my childhood, and of other instances in the present time or more recent times, in which no one seems to be able to listen to me without comment or attempts to "correct". As a result, my train of thought is interrupted, and I cannot carry it to completion, cannot explain what it is, cannot think clearly about it, cannot defend myself when asked to do so.
Maybe stronger boundaries are in order to keep what others are doing at a far enough distance from you so that what they do doesn't affect you? Do you get any power from your anger to give you some stronger boundaries?
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