tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post2174088493558284221..comments2024-02-25T07:30:31.454-06:00Comments on SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: Emotional Vampiresthomsingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230569732505245876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-33728816807999308782007-03-25T09:50:00.000-05:002007-03-25T09:50:00.000-05:00While I understand the vampire thing, the little ...While I understand the vampire thing, the little voice in my head tells me that I need to stick my 2c in here and comment. <BR/><BR/>I have met a lot of people who could fall into this category, and have become pretty good in recent years, in attracting people to me who are not like this. However from time to time I come into contact with them and when the mood strikes me I will spend some time with one. <BR/><BR/>Invariably, there are some very suspect thinking patterns that the person is using. Strangely enough, sometimes the smallest interrupt in their usual pattern can lead them into a whole new more hopefull and perhaps more outward looking frame of mind. <BR/><BR/>In any event, while I don't advocate going out to look for these people, I am ever mindful that the control over where my energy goes is mine. No matter with whom I am speaking. If I continue to allow my energy to bleed out toward these people, then it is up to me to learn to staunch that flow. After all, they can only take what I allow them to have. Avoiding them altogether is at best a temporary fix. There are too many of them to avoid. Better to learn to control what is in my own hands, than to allow others to hold the locus of my control.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog. I'll be checking back I think. Regards <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>www.designbusinessengineering.comlindyasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831813305006476734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-23269970559520617882007-03-21T19:03:00.000-05:002007-03-21T19:03:00.000-05:00I like the music of this band. Very good. Thank ...I like the music of this band. Very good. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-9513302249236804942007-03-21T15:03:00.000-05:002007-03-21T15:03:00.000-05:00Hey Thom - I have been reading your blog for awhil...Hey Thom - I have been reading your blog for awhile, enjoy your posts. Found out about you from my buddy Jason Alba of JibberJobber fame.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I have a comment about this topic. I really think a lot these people--and I know lots of them myself--really could use some basic mental health care. I'm not one to medicalize every little issue (actually, yes I am), but depression, social anxiety, OCD, etc., are real, and quite prevalent. They're REALLY treatable as well. So when I have to deal with these types, if I have any bank account at all, I spend my energy getting them to think in that direction. It also helps you to have more compassion for that negative individual to realize that they're probably facing a struggle.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873960563365644794noreply@blogger.com