Communication

Anon Imperfect Mum

Communication

I just thought I would suggest a communication technique which could be applied when responding to IM questions. This technique can also be applied in everyday life and change our perspectives in situations.
Given that we do not know other people's lives, their hopes, dreams, past experiences, moral beliefs, lessons to learn etc., we can only project our opinions based on our own unique perspectives, which take into account those previously mentioned personal aspects.
Therefore, I believe it may be more beneficial to all of us if we consider responding according to this mentality.
For example, rather than saying, "You should be doing this..", we could say, "If this was my situation, I would be doing this..". And instead of saying, "What you are doing is wrong..", we could say, "I think it might help if you could try to approach it like this.."
Also, a personal attack or judgement on another person is only a projection of that judging person's belief. Considering our limited knowledge of each posting IM, perhaps we can acknowledge that attacks and judgements of others are made in ignorance?
This isn't just about using different words to say something, this is about compassion for others and understanding that we all live very different lives each with our own unique purposes.

Posted in:  Life Lessons

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Anon Imperfect Mum

You are 100% right here!!! It blows me away when some people on here are so rude and black and white with their so called " help" they are giving!
I know it's because they are going through their own problems and the story they are reading relates to their own lives, so they instantly get on the defence and take out the crap on the poor poster!! I find when people react in such an agressive manner they know what they have done is wrong and they feel they need to justify it! If someone is in the right they will always give kind helpful advice. So to those woman that do this, we know what you are doing and it makes you look very silly ( that also goes for the 150 likers on your comment)!!

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