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Internalizing other people’s negativity in this kind of “understanding” is not empathy or sympathy – its avoidance. It’s avoiding confrontation, pushback, and uncomfortableness. It’s even avoiding recognizing your own worth. You don’t have to ENDURE that which diminishes you.

Elaine Barlow - August 18, 2023

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MEDIA IS SUBJECTIVE

Psychological transference is a redirection of internal feelings onto often unrelated external sources such as media or even people. My thoughts and feelings about things are personal and specific TO ME and have nothing to do WITH YOU. If you are triggered, seek help and healing. Don't take your emotional and mental dysregulation out on strangers because you don't like how they express their personal experiences with media.

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If there is one sentence that perfectly encapsulates egotism, narcissism, lack of empathy, privilege, self-centering, lack of emotional awareness, selfishness, and even a leaning towards the spectrum of sociopathy … it’s: 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪?

Elaine Barlow - March 27, 2024

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