Posted by Susan J on November 11, 2003, at 12:46:28
In reply to Re: Gal, You Are A Real » Susan J, posted by Medusa on November 11, 2003, at 12:33:30
Thank you, Medusa, for the opportunity to clarify. My apologies for my inadvertent obfuscation.
> > some e-mail diatribe crap
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> Could you phrase this as an active I statement?<<I actively think it's a bunch of e-mail diatribe crap.
> > Too histrionic for my taste.
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> This could be confused with a diagnosis. Is that your intent? If so, is it intended as constructive feedback? Dr. Bob has said "It's also fine to ask others for feedback. And for others to provide it -- as long as it's constructive." But unsolicited on-line diagnoses could lead someone to feel accused. The diagnos-ee could well have something similar, and an "off" diagnosis could put him/her on the wrong track. For example, Histrionic Personality Disorder is sometimes difficult to distinguish from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Such confusion could be non-constructive.
<<I apologize again, Medusa. It was merely an opinion, not a diagnosis. The mere posting of those e-mails struck me as deliberately affected, and as such, it's not a post I generally would read. So it puzzled me that I was addressed in it, espeically since I didn't have anything to do with those e-mails.And it wasn't meant to be constructive feedback.
It was a statement that attempted to express my contempt for the tone of the post at hand.Susan
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