Posted by Deneb on September 11, 2006, at 19:53:30
In reply to {smack} Got your attention? » Deneb, posted by Racer on September 11, 2006, at 10:01:35
I did do better this time around, didn't I? I recognized my thought distortions. I just have to practice replacing them with rational thoughts.
> 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.
LOL, thanks for the smack. I needed that.
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> 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.I'm not sure what it is. I just have this need to clear my name.
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> 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.To be fair, I think I see how I might have been annoying other people. People were being very supportive at first and gave me lots of advice, but I didn't follow that advice so they all got frustrated. I don't think everyone there thinks I'm a troll, but I do know that I upset a lot of people. I know though, that *I* cannot upset another person. Only that person can upset themselves. It's the same for me. Other people don't make me upset, being upset is my own reaction to my own thoughts. Other people don't know this, so they all think I made them frustrated.
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> Now go study.I will. :-)
Deneb*
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