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“Manipulative coping, however, is an unproductive cycle.”
― When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope, Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
― When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope, Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
“The major stumbling block for coping well with our conflicts in living with each other is set up when we interfere with another person’s decision-making process, when we routinely manipulate our fellow man’s wants by making him feel anxiously threatened, guilty, or ignorant.”
― When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope, Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
― When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope, Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
“He could still feel his brain aching where it once had reposed: he could still feel his skull throbbing.
By just standing there in front of him. Hwi cried out to his lost humanity. It was too much for him and he moaned in despair:
"Why do your masters torture me? "
"Lord?"
"By sending you!"
" I would not hurt you, Lord."
"Just by existing you hurt me!”
― God Emperor of Dune
By just standing there in front of him. Hwi cried out to his lost humanity. It was too much for him and he moaned in despair:
"Why do your masters torture me? "
"Lord?"
"By sending you!"
" I would not hurt you, Lord."
"Just by existing you hurt me!”
― God Emperor of Dune
“...romantics are, ironically, the worst culprits for being relationship avoidant. This is for two reasons. The first being that committing to someone would mean they would have to call off the search for love, and nothing is more romantic than longing. The second is that they spend a lot of time thinking about who their partner might be, so it's hard to find the 3D version that matches who they've invented in their mind. It's less about perfection, and more about prescriptivism. They write their own version of how they think love is going to pan out, then they find it perplexing that no one seems to know the specific plot and characters other than them.”
― Dear Dolly
― Dear Dolly
“Sometimes, however, unmet attachment needs have a positive impact on future relationships, if those later friendships are experienced as second chances. Eager to love and be loved, eager to meet those basic needs for caring and affiliation, children can make up for those unmet needs by being outgoing, having strong leadership qualities, and becoming devoted friends. So insecurely attached children are not doomed to a life of desperation, withdrawal, clinging, aggression, or insecurity, but they may need some additional help negotiating the complex terrain of the social world. The deeper a child’s unmet need, the harder it may be to ever have it filled later on. Expecting rejection, neglect, or smothering, the child may respond to peers with passivity, withdrawal, or aggression. Children who are afraid to assert their own needs may follow along with whatever the friend or the group says.”
― Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
― Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
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