Posted by Racer on September 11, 2006, at 10:01:35
In reply to I'm really upset, posted by Deneb on September 11, 2006, at 0:51:30
OK, can you point out the good things you've learned from this incident?
1. You recognize that you've fallen into an old pattern.
2. You recognize the distortion in your thinking.
3. You recognize that the CBT skills you're trying to learn aren't working for you right now.
4. You recognize that there are better places for you to be, places where you feel safer.
5. You came to Babble to help feel safer again -- that's part of self-soothing, you know, so we'll call that a positive.
OK, now come a little closer so I can {smack} you again! You know that joke, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this/So don't do this!" Guess what? "Fellow Babblers, I get upset when I go to this Usenet group..." Extrapolate.
Can you identify what it is that leads you to feel you have to prove you're not a troll? Might be worth the effort.
My guess, without having any clue where this group is, is that maybe someone there remembers early posts of yours, before you made so much progress, and any accusations of trolling are based on those older posts, not something current. If that's the case, then recognize the fallacy in someone else's thinking, too.
Now go study.
poster:Racer
thread:684909
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