Posted by violette on July 23, 2010, at 14:40:49
In reply to Re: Reasons behind Psychobabble decisions » violette, posted by PartlyCloudy on July 23, 2010, at 14:03:38
Well I am glad to hear you figured out something about yourself too... :) I agree with you that expectations are important. I think my expectations have been fairly realistic on a consistent basis when I look back on my life...though I get hopeful at times in some areas, it seems to be balanced for the most part.
I suppose if you lower your expectations, you then wouldn't ever be disappointed? Though I don't think it's unrealistic to expect someone in the field of mental health to understand a person...I do think its UNrealistic to expect that same person to always or even sometimes agree.
Or maybe I expect a certain level of autonomy from people, to be seen and treated as an individual and not an object/objectified. That hasn't always been the case 100% of the time because some people just tend to do that, and it would be unrealistic to expect that with everyone..I can accept that being the case perhapys 95% of the time..
Then again, that expectation is just an element of humanity...Unless a person wants to go around thinking everyone is potentially a 'bad' person. I prefer to look at the good in just about anyone, without setting myself up for disappointment if this turns out to not be the case as I'm aware this is not true 100% of the time.
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