Posted by Dr. Bob on November 9, 2010, at 0:46:35
In reply to Re: Along the same lines, posted by muffled on November 8, 2010, at 14:47:20
> > Battling Dr. Bob on PB Admin?
>
> Bob seems to be saying that ya, there IS NO point in talking to him, cuz it won't work!!!Talking to = battling?
> Every once in awhile he'll say something that makes you *think* he is open to ideas. He's sucked me in many a time.
> But he's NOT.Maybe it's unclear whether I am or not. Which could lead to anxiety.
> if I go to my board and be w/my friends, then I gonna get hurt, or my friends gonna get hurt and just can't stand to see that.
> I a freak, I know it.
> I keep tryin tho.
> I just keep trying hoping I can be good one day.
> Guess it'd take a miracle to turn sh*t into a decency?
> Mebbe my miracle will come.> I have parts of self that consider themselves not very good, tho they desprately wish to be. To be accepted as good.
Maybe the miracle is guilt:
> > guilt is one of the great inventions of nature. For mature guilt lets you know what is unacceptable, and offers you opportunity to do something about it. ... worth can be defined by realistic possibilities
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20100714/msgs/958778.html
> Other parts want to be bad, being bad and uncaring is good, cuz then nothing hurts.
What a nice insight. Being uncaring is safe. There are other ways to be safe from blocks, though: (1) leave automatic asterisking on and (2) have friends who warn you when it might be a good idea to rephrase or apologize.
> Then there is the rational adult.
> Etc.
> I try very hard to not let other stuff leak thru, but occasionally it does.
> Too hard to maintain stasisMaybe Babble is like a big version of you. It also has parts, other stuff leaks through, and stasis is hard to maintain.
Bob
a brilliant and reticent Web mastermind -- The New York Times
backpedals well -- PartlyCloudy
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