>> Well, in my case, it's that I didn't want anybody else to go thru what I did. <<
That seems to be a common motivator.
>>It may have also helped that I managed to build an internal "model" of my abuser and use it to figure out in advance how she'd react to things. So I could put the right "spin" on stuff if I couldn't avoid it.<<
Useful ...
>> Alas, that seemed to have stunted my ability to figure *other* people out... <<
... but that's a known drawback of a small, skewed sample.
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Re: YAY
Date: 2017-05-10 05:52 pm (UTC)That seems to be a common motivator.
>>It may have also helped that I managed to build an internal "model" of my abuser and use it to figure out in advance how she'd react to things. So I could put the right "spin" on stuff if I couldn't avoid it.<<
Useful ...
>> Alas, that seemed to have stunted my ability to figure *other* people out... <<
... but that's a known drawback of a small, skewed sample.