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Yes, of course there will be that experience where the person thinks they are being benevolent, and then not see how their comment is actually quite horrible or insensitive...and human relations often feel like I am walking through a minefield, never knowing when I'm going to step on one...

Yes, this is a good solution. The problem is that most people, when they are feeling attacked, just assume that because they feel that way that they are being attacked, and so they don't stop to ask because they already think they are right about it.

YES, this has been my conclusion as well. When I would be told I was attacking others, on a personal development forum I used to go to (got banned for "attacking" and they all thought I got some perverse pleasure out of hurting people), it always came after I would draw attention to some view or...

I've noticed a lot of it here and was constantly being accused of attacking people in another forum I once frequented, when from my point of view I was being blunt. How is it that so many people think that being challenged or having someone direct an expression of frustration at them means they...

If it were the case that someone took MDMA every single day, and this went on for months and months, or years even, then you could classify them as a drug addict. Taking it once or twice here and there to get high or numb out, in a recreational setting would make them a drug user, but not an...

I can totally understand that Tiger. I know my parents are scared of me...and that is a terrible feeling, though I don't actually let myself feel how bad it does feel. I tend to stuff it down, which isn't healthy I know...or real of me. I've got so much anger in me as well. It doesn't seem to...

Downgraded, not happy about the new work I'm about to start tomorrow. I want to cancel but I need the money. I hate the position I am in right now. I want to find more fulfilling work, I just need to work to make some money while I do. I feel dismay that I have agreed to something my gut is...

Very brave of you. I think it does need to be spoken about more openly, and to encourage other male victims of rape (yes, I have trouble using the word as well). It's the only way people will start taking it seriously. I have spoken to a couple of feminist friends about this, and the answer is...

I once ate garlic with roast potatoes every night for about 6 months...it was all I felt like eating at the time, so I went with it (there was meat and other foods each day, but garlic and potatoes had to be there in some form. I didn't get sick for about 3 years after that. :D I felt so...

So much anxiety right now. I'm so anxious about finding work before rent is due in a week! I'm worried I won't and will have to go back to my old job, but she has no work for me now anyway, and I didn't get my old job at the call centre back as I'd hoped, so now I'm doing my best to find...

I feel good to have made some honest money today with my first client at home. It went well and he gave me a good review on facebook, so hopefully more women will contact me and let themselves be pampered...I also need a massage. :D Had a bit of an adventure earlier, and my legs and feet are a...

I feel chuffed and supported by friends helping me to get clients for my new business. I feel warm physically, and comfortable and content and a bit sleepy...nearly time for bed. Emotionally...I feel a mix of things. On one hand I am positive about my business and getting clients and making...

I was reading about this the other day. Very interesting development.

Best to get far far away from them. Had dealings with these kinds of people in the workplace, and it ended up with me getting fired and abused and physically assaulted...and then blamed for it all. My mother and father are also very two faced like this. I just remember so much of it at school...

I've been told by more than one person that I can't live without conflict. I used to be much more confrontational about 20 years ago...these days I am a bit more mellow, but still that way. I take a lot of risks with my physical body, and whilst I strive to respect myself and value myself, I do...

I haven't seen that so much, solara, but then we may have been there at different times and witnessed different things. I think when people don't straight away say hi it is usually indicating that they are in the middle of a conversation with someone else and have gotten caught up in that and...

I've noticed the same in chat lately...and on the forums. Seems like this can happen when the same people see each other every single day online. It can happen in groups offline as well, so it may just be a matter of we're all just a bit over it. But yeah, I don't come here that often any more...

Feeling miserable, and anxious and physically shaking and sore around the neck and shoulders after being massively triggered by an email I received just before, reminding me of when I was attacked in the workplace last year. It brought it all back and I just feel crappy now. :( Feeling scared...

Amazing. It must feel so good to accomplish this, I'd imagine. It's inspiring to me as I have a childrens book in the making, which has fallen to the wayside, sad to say. If you can do it, so can I.

Yeah, tell me about it. My father bent over me crying saying "You can't...it would all be for nothing if you did." IN other words, all his hard work and investment in me (money) would be a waste. Dear ole mum didn't even believe me and thought I was faking it to get out of work. She yelled at me...

Most comedians are manic depressives, or just depressives. Gloomy people are usually a bit smarter than the rest of the world. They see the reality that others don't see, and I think turn to comedy acts as a way to mask their true feelings. Depression is so socially unacceptable...

Thanks Junebug, the cat is doing well...though he hates it when it's time to put the drops in, obviously. I feel much better today. Clearer and more connected in my body. I'm feeling the need for more porridge and comforting, nourishing food like this. About to bleed, so anticipating that. A bit...

I feel so much better, like total relief, after just finishing a big bowl of yummy porridge with banana cut up and carob molasses, and a pinch of salt, with soymilk Soooooooooooo comforting. My head still aches at the area between my eyes, and I still do feel a bit stiff and sore in my body in...

I've had that experience many times as well. I experience negative thoughts about myself as being external and coming from others around me. I have read that with some people it is common that the person will experience negative self talk as voices that sound like other people they know, so it...

I haven't posted here in a while, but feel the need to share that I took my lovely cat to the vets today and was told he might need surgery! I haven't had the money to take him back after the first vet said he had cat herpes in the eyes over 2 months ago. I finally had the money today so I took...