Posted by wendy b. on June 16, 2002, at 23:53:09
In reply to is my violence sane ?, posted by omega man on June 16, 2002, at 19:31:22
Golly, reading the first 3/4 of your post, I felt bad for ya', and was going to refer you to Andrew Solomon's book, _The Noonday Demon_ , where he often gets pretty personal, and describes his own depressions, reactions, medications, perceptions... There is a description fairly early on in the book where he describes his very angry and violent outbursts, breaking his lover's nose in a fit of rage, etc. Very engrossing reading... I had to read it over several times and reassess my opinion of Solomon (came to the conclusion that he was astoundingly honest, more than he had any 'obligation' to be), and then think about my own experiences with anger and my own expressions of violence. And I thought it might be a solace to you to read that you weren't in bad company.But then you say:
> would anyone (males only) have similiar experience..any less physical ..more strategic techniques for getting rid of problem callers ...
Males only? As though guys were the only ones with valid opinions about dealing with this kind of behavior? (Nice girls don't!)So, well, I give up... What can I say? That I have never taken a hockey stick to anybody, never put a brick through someone's windshield, etc., but I sure as hell would have liked to at some particular times in my life, and well, I've been socialized not to, and so I didn't, and so, don't bother listening to me. I have nothing important to say on this subject...
(Read the book...)
Wendy
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