[WikiEN-l] Psychosis and Wikipedia

[George Herbert]

On 5/14/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > On May 14, 2007, at 4:57 AM, William Pietri wrote:
> >
> >> I think this is very important advice, and too rarely followed.
> >>
> >> From my layman's perspective, a lot of these difficult kooks only
> >> really focus on contention. Not on disagreement or thwarting them as
> >> such, but the social signals of contention. Maintaining a friendly and
> >> helpful attitude while continuously disengaging can keep you in the
> >> 99.9% of the world that they ignore.
> >>
> >> William
>
> on 5/14/07 3:45 PM, jf_wikipedia at jf_wikipedia at mac.com wrote:
> >
> > Excellent advise. I thank you for that. I have experience many of
> > these that *enjoy* both the attention and the contention, and feed on
> > it avidly. I wish I can garner the strength and clarity not to get
> > baited...
> >
> Jossi,
>
> Learn your vulnerable spots - we all have them. They are like bruises on the
> body; when touched > we react. Learn that reaction. When communicating with
> someone, if you feel that reaction: Stop > Know what it is > Acknowledge it
> to yourself > Take a breath > and Stay on subject.
>
> People who want to manipulate you, or take you off a subject they don't want
> to deal with, or consider it a sign of power over you, will push until they
> find a bruise. A friend and/or someone who truly wants to communicate with
> you will deliberately try to avoid any spot they think might be a bruise -
> especially if they have a similar one of their own.
>
> Marc Riddell
>
> --
> Remember: We teach people how to treat us.
>
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Further all this, an interesting study:
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3209

Excess testosterone can cause you to feel happy when people make angry
faces at you...


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com