[4174] in Depressing_Thoughts
sledgehammers
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Nov 7 00:03:18 1993
There are times when dealing with people that i feel pushed to use a very
large sledgehammer and take their patchwork attempts to not deal with life
and smash it to little, itty-bitty bits, thereby forcing them to look at
what they've done (or not done, as they case usually is) -- all in an
attempt to make them deal better.
For some it works, for some it doesn't. For those who it does work on,
they sometimes thank me aftewards.
But it doesn't make it fun. Nor are the repercussions fun either,
especially when the "you scum, how could you do this to me?" wave makes the
person's friends resonate in a similar manner against me.
Mainly because i'm never sure i'm right, and it's an enormous chance i take
to do this. But often, i feel so frustrated (and sometimes enraged) that i
lash out. And yes, there are various counters against this -- talk to them
in a more reasonable manner; talk to my friends to de-stress. But
occasionally these don't work out all that well, and well...
Now for the rain of plaster and i-beams. Hopefully when the dust settles,
everyone will be standing and healthier to boot...
