Are you sure you're not the same when you tell someone your problems? How do you react when they give you advice that is outside of your own mental model, or th

Are you sure you're not the same when you tell someone your problems? How do you react when they give you advice that is outside of your own mental model, or that is different from what you want to hear? I'm sure sometimes your assessment that someone else's assumptions are "ridiculous" is fair, but will you consider that sometimes it is your assumptions about their assumptions that are limited or flawed? From the article: > If, however, lack of insight is defined as a failure to accept an alternative view of reality, then do the rest of us lack insight, too? > The assumption that someone else’s reality is invalid can foster distrust; it sends the message that we don’t respect this person’s experience of his or her own life. Many people who have been in the mental health system describe themselves as “survivors” — not of mental illness, but of treatment.