Posted by one woman cine on February 5, 2007, at 9:02:15
In reply to Re: Hospitalization » Fallsfall, posted by toojane on February 4, 2007, at 10:34:21
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> I tend to find that if I say something bad happened to me, the general response often is "I'm sorry that happened to you but just because it did doesn't mean that it happens to everybody" which is very invalidating and a way of silencing me.
>I feel you misrepresented my words - again - I have no desire to silence you at all. I only wanted to discuss experience without a generality of "all doctors" - "all hospitals" - etc. etc.
I have fought against the generalities of "all people with borderline personality disorder, all hysterics" etc. - & sure they share some of the same traits but it denigrates the persons history and experience by lumpingeverything all together.
I am very sorry you feel the way you about what I wrote. But my intent and my words do not translate into trying silence you. At all.
There are dangers to generalizing and assuming. I never said abuses don't occur - but there is inherent dangers in not specifically discussing your own experience/perspective.
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