Posted by Kath on May 20, 2009, at 13:50:53
In reply to Re: ME THREE! :), posted by alexandra_k on May 16, 2009, at 23:27:29
> Wouldn't it be so much 'nicer' if there were a way to take the grain of 'truth' in what both greywolf and myself were saying that didn't require people to 'take sides'?
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> Because really... That isn't what it is about really, is it? I mean greywolf posted their experience (which is of course valid) and I posted my experience (which is of course valid) and of course it is perfectly possible for two different people to have two different experiences and yet both gain from learning about the (different) experiences of others.
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> Isn't there?
~ ~ I really appreciated the tone of your post. I don't have personal experience about blocks. I think I once got a PBC & just about withered!!!Your post reminded me of my Group Therapist. When one of us makes a statement & then says "but" & continues - she says "AND". For newer people, they don't get that she means say 'and' instead of 'but' so as not to cancel out the first part of the statement! I find myself doing it in life in general now. I'll interrupt myself to say 'and'.
Your post was a reminder to me to say 'and' about this issue. Thanks for helping me to be more sensitive to people's feelings who've had pain from themselves or friends being blocked.
:-)) Kath
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