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To be a little blunt about it, > they have a lot of baggage that makes them openly hostile to meaningful feedback and they crave validation. Anything other tha
by leoc 8y ago
To be a little blunt about it,
> they have a lot of baggage that makes them openly hostile to meaningful feedback and they crave validation. Anything other than praising their half-baked ideas is met with toxic reactions. In such cases, the best you may be able to do is basically make a few polite noises and then disengage as quickly as possible.
would serve pretty well as a fair description of normal people, ime.
- ficklepickle 8y agoTrue, almost everyone has baggage. I think the difference is one of scale. For example, in grade 5 I got a C+ in fine arts. It devastated me to the point where I questioned my abilities and disengaged from schooling. Permanently. It's only been in the last few years that I've actually been able to apply myself to anything. Now, I can see that was an unreasonable reaction. At the time though, I didn't even understand what was happening. If I hadn't got a lot of help, I believe I would still be driven by my insecurities to this day and would be impossible to work with. Edit: typo