Posted by Racer on June 19, 2006, at 10:11:45
In reply to Re: You nearly made me cry » Racer, posted by Poet on June 18, 2006, at 12:39:38
> As my T said last week, she's going to get me boxing gloves so I can physically beat myself as a change from mentally beating myself up.
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> PoetI think that's a great idea, since it would do a lot less damage to my friend.
(That's a serious response, Poet. If there was anything that would help stop you from the negativity about yourself, I'd love to see it happen. You've got much more going for you than you ever admit, and I'd love to see you acknowledge it.)
(For all my own negativity, I still have a big part of me saying that I've got all sorts of Good Things going, but something stops them being expressed. "I am very smart, but I didn't have the protection I needed to learn in school." "I've got some great skills, but with my work history, I can't get hired for a job that would allow me to use them." "I have what it takes to be a good friend, but circumstances make it difficult for me to come into contact with people who'd appreciate me." That sort of thing. Maybe it's all just excuses, and maybe I'm just refusing to take responsibility for the fact that I truly am the world's worst failure in all things, but even if it is denial -- it's still much kinder to myself than you are to yourself. And I happen to like yourself. I'd like to see you admit what I think you already know: you're pretty terrific.)
Come, join me. Resistance is futile. You *will* be assimilated.
But stay sarcastic. You're very funny, and I do appreciate sarcastic humor.
Did you read the made up word contest that included "Sarchasm?" It's the distance between the sarcasm and the hearer's ability to understand it...
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