Guest guest Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 Okay, group, and all you people that desire to help people heal... ....what behaviors are different between what Joe did and what Jim did? This is real important " if " you want to interact with them in a way that causes them to feel better, vs feeling worst. , Joe Wadsworth <joewnews-3> wrote: > > Great state breaker. > > Here's how NOT to do the same thing. A couple of years > ago, I saw a coworker (and friend) was obviously > distressed while talking to someone else. I put on my > sensitive hat and I went over and asked her how she > was, and lightly touched her shoulder. She instantly > started crying. So I took a bad emotional state, > accelerated and anchored it. Dumbass. > > She even admitted later that I made it worse. > > - Joe Wadsworth > > >A guy came in to work tonight all grumpy and spaced > >out...didn't look like his normal self. Got all > >pissy when I tried to talk with him. > > > >So I got this new toy from the grocery store that is > >a fake lighter with a battery in it that shocks > >people. > > > >I walk over to him and look all excited and >go, > " Man! I got a new lighter for my collection! >This > one is really cool! " I set the " lighter " >down. And > I held a mental picture of him taking the >lighter, > picking it up, and trying to light it as if >it were a > normal lighter. > > > >He picks the thing up, and it shocks the holy hell > >out of him. But instead of getting pissed, he > >started laughing, his spaced out look is long gone, > >and for almost 30 minutes now, the guy has been > >joking and carrying on (and as far as I can tell > >still hasn't actually done any work), but he's >his > " normal " self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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