tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post4740909963454677407..comments2024-03-18T04:20:15.987-04:00Comments on Statement Analysis ®: Self Analysis Growth: Journaling Statement Analysis Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-17982774861226952782016-04-16T22:48:59.095-04:002016-04-16T22:48:59.095-04:00I have a friend like that who every few years repa...I have a friend like that who every few years repackages her lifelong contrarian (perfect descriptive!) ways claiming some new philosophy.<br />But as I tell her, it's the same old negative crap with new excuses.<br /><br />When she again took pride in the latest version - her "duty" to play devil's advocate, offer that perspective to every good thing, I told her opposition for the sake of it, without intelligent thought and life perspective behind it, is nothing more than a linguistics exercise, and a sixth-grade one at that.<br /><br />It actually seems to be helping. We'll see what comes next. :^DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-19547129817684742542016-04-15T17:32:14.835-04:002016-04-15T17:32:14.835-04:00I can be pretty contrary, and I know I come across...I can be pretty contrary, and I know I come across as insensitive sometimes. It's easy to do on-line, when only ever beginning to articulate anything - when if it is unpacked more, what a person is trying to say, and why they are saying it, might seem more understandable. We know the rest of our thought, others can't always fill in the missing pieces, which is easy to forget. If we aren't able, or don't want, to share all the missing pieces, it's obviously going to make it more difficult again to know where someone is coming from. I just added to a post I made earlier, which, on reflection, took insensitivity to a whole new level. I doubt it fixes it, but at least I have tried. Hey Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118508358051764200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-77687033861174208932016-04-15T16:08:08.197-04:002016-04-15T16:08:08.197-04:00I love a debate when someone has a reasoned, well ...I love a debate when someone has a reasoned, well thought out or logical point of view and who is willing to explain why they believe such and such.<br />I hate when someone says anything along the lines of "cuz" or resorts to name calling and childish behavior.<br />It is like arguing/ debating with a brick, i get nowhere fast and they outclass me with their stupidity.<br /><br />I love to ask people why they believe in something or why that have such and such opinion, some have a genuine idea for their belief and some do it simply to be contrary and picking a fight.<br /><br />Sadly some people are beyond help and spend their whole lives with their fingers in their ears going lalalalalalalala and walking into walls and posts as they have their eyes closed.<br />Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-34152694720114399142016-04-15T15:59:22.932-04:002016-04-15T15:59:22.932-04:00Thank you for the reassurance. I do have others in...Thank you for the reassurance. I do have others in my life who fit your description to a 'T.' They are not pleasant, and have made their own lives unnecessarily more difficult.mom2manynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-47860417645317649602016-04-15T15:51:02.036-04:002016-04-15T15:51:02.036-04:00mommy, my daughter has a healthy dose of it ever ...mommy, my daughter has a healthy dose of it ever since she took to debate. <br /><br />It is not really what I am describing here, though, and it does not sound like you, either. Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-73504097426453404972016-04-15T14:58:16.135-04:002016-04-15T14:58:16.135-04:00I have always considered myself to have contrarian...I have always considered myself to have contrarian tendencies, but not quite the way you have defined it. I do love a healthy debate with a willing opponent. I also am one who pursues the truth and have made sacrificial choices when necessary to obtain it. That particular quality about me tends to be the reason I hesitate at embracing what often appears true or right to many, simply because many choose to believe it.<br /><br />More than a decade ago, I read a quote that put interactions with certain types into perspective for me. It went along the lines of, "You can't reason people out of an idea they have not reasoned themselves into." Many people prefer to follow emotions and allow others to do the thinking. I avoid arguing with them. It is a waste of time. <br /><br />I have never been a trouble maker. I save my debates for appropriate people, times, and audiences. I usually keep my contrary views to myself, unless I sense someone open to dialog. I don't know where that puts me in your contrarian scale above. <br /><br />I will try the journaling. I had a traumatic upbringing that I can't manage to recover from. I'm a little uncertain where to start and how much. I suspect my journal will be very long.<br /><br />*Noting my use of 'try.' I am hesitant to dig it all up, even though I know it rattles around in me daily.mom2manynoreply@blogger.com