Modes of powerful emotional interaction
Sep. 30th, 2009 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Part of a paragraph from an email conversation with Dev.
...My specific emotional talents are not ones likely to help you. There are several modes or methods with which a person can initiate a powerful emotional interaction, which is to say an interaction that is the opposite of superficial. Counseling is one such mode; relaxation and the affectionate melting away of anxiety is another; the mutual exploration of inner worlds is a third. However, confrontation is also such a mode, and it's the only one I'm any good at. Whether or not it is good for the situation at hand, I return habitually to the method which I am best at...
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Date: 2009-10-01 01:24 pm (UTC)Also, this is Tuck.
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Date: 2009-10-08 10:20 pm (UTC)I think that confrontation, like many other things, should entail trust among the people involved. Though there are exceptions, namely in cases where one person's actions adversely affects those around him.
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:37 pm (UTC)nice :)
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Date: 2009-10-08 10:21 pm (UTC)