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- From: bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: Re: When Things Go Bump (was Re: a cure for angst?)
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 23:08:50 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- In a previous article, rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins) says:
-
- [...]
- >it's a child of responsibility. because i was taught so far back
- >that to be responsible is to care what other people are thinking, especially
- >of you. and so now, i constantly look over my shoulder.
- >
- >i have a constant battle going on inside me, the battle between doing what
- >i want to do, and doing what other people think i should do. i see other
- >students my age and younger without a care in the world, who couldn't give
- >a shit about what they're doing to hurt their parents, or their SO, and
- >i half wish i could be that callous. but i can't. and instead i'm considerate
- >to a fault, enough to hurt myself rather than hurt another. how can a person
- >not care? i undertand that it's cool to be detached, but this is ridiculous.
- >has society programmed all of the younger generations to take and not give,
- >look out only for number one?
-
- There's a big difference between caring what people think of your actions,
- and taking the responsibility of ensuring that your actions are sensitive
- to the needs of others.
-
- The first stems from some sort of insecurity. (Don't get me wrong, I've
- got it, too.) The second, that of being sensitive, is possible only as a
- result of security and some inner strength. The action of being sensitive
- to others strengthens you, reinforces your positive self-image. Fretting
- about what others think reinforces the idea that what they think of you is
- more important than what you think.
-
- -Jeanne
-