I don't have a problem with other students being sane and reasonable. I'm glad that they're happy and that they're enjoying themselves.
I acknowledge that the issue here is mine, and that my damage makes *me* uncomfortable when put in this situation. I do not believe, objectively, that other people who lack that damage are arrogant and obnoxious.
I know that what she's asking us to do isn't unreasonable. But I have a history that has left me with hangups about being asked to engage in this sort of behavior myself. I know that's what's going on; I know that the problem is with my response to this request, not the request itself or how other people respond to it.
I'm aware of my own pathology. But that doesn't make it automatically go away.
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Date: 2014-11-15 05:12 am (UTC)I acknowledge that the issue here is mine, and that my damage makes *me* uncomfortable when put in this situation. I do not believe, objectively, that other people who lack that damage are arrogant and obnoxious.
I know that what she's asking us to do isn't unreasonable. But I have a history that has left me with hangups about being asked to engage in this sort of behavior myself. I know that's what's going on; I know that the problem is with my response to this request, not the request itself or how other people respond to it.
I'm aware of my own pathology. But that doesn't make it automatically go away.