I never cease to be amazed by the people who are afraid to get well. In treatment I will ask what it would be kike if they no longer felt angry or if they were no longer depressed. There seems to be a lot of comfort in being miserable. Sometimes people even give positive meaning to negative behaviors, like saying to a child that I am spanking you because I love you. I'm not sure but there are probably better ways to express love. The fact is that we spank children because they broke a rule and we abuse people as a way to control them.
Maybe removing misery and pain is only good if we replace it with something more positive.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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