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- From: fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter)
- Subject: Re: help? advice?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.131734.17385@eff.org>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:17:34 GMT
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- [long story about father of guy in question slamming on SO he's never met
- deleted because it's too sad to repeat]
-
- Jason, your father sounds like a pathetically sad man. There's nothing you
- can do to cure him of his need to attack you (and, by extension, your SO).
- The best you can do is learn to deal with him. By this, I don't mean "ignore
- him." I've discovered that ignoring someone only pushes your own hurt farther
- down where it can fester and cause further problems in your own life. You
- might want to consider seeing a decent counselor who can tell you what might
- help. I'm not saying this as some ShinyHappyPeople therapy freak; I've only
- done the shrinkage thing for a total of 6 weeks. But those 6 weeks saved
- my life...
-
- You might also want to read "The Dance of Anger" and "The Dance of Intimacy,"
- both books by a psychologist named Harriet Goldhor Lerner. They were written
- for women, but I think they apply equally to men. They're not quick-fix self
- help books; they talk about family dynamics and, specifically, the difficult
- and excruciatingly slow _but not impossible_ process of changing them. Give
- 'em a try. At the very worst you will have wasted a day reading two fascinating
- books.
-
- Best of luck.
-