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> i can't believe that you are dismissing her experience in this

way. i'm insulted by it and it's not even about me! get a FACIAL!

gobo, please get SERIOUS. have you not been paying attention?

but have a little f---ing compassion, man.

> thinking about things from her point of view before dismissing

her very real feelings and experience with rhetoric.

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I had to think really hard about how to respond to your reply to my

post. You appear to be quite angry and you've made

assumptions about me that are absolutely incorrect.

I DO care very much about Deb as she goes through this

challenging ordeal. As we go through life, we can respond to

challenges in a way that facilitates our coping with it or we can

respond in a way that makes it more difficult. Someone once

said to me, " When you find yourself in `problem mode', get

out of problem and into solution. " A bit of anger can serve to

compel someone to act. I think that Deb's anger is working

against her because it's overwhelming her.

I am not naive enough to think that the activities I suggested are

Band-Aids that will make her problem go away. However, I do

know that whenever one has been sick a very long time, or

depressed an extended period of time, or even working too hard

for too long, things that are merely diversions serve to take one's

mind off the problem. Things that are pleasurable serve as a

respite from bearing a difficult burden. These things do not cure

ills in and of themselves; but they can serve as a life preserver

helping us to cope better.

I DO feel compassion for Deb. If I didn't I would not have taken

the time to contemplate what to write and then to post it. My

prayers are with Deb, but I pray that she copes with her life, not

`slay the dragon'. `Slaying the Dragon' speaks of anger, fight and

negativity. `Coping with her life' DOES NOT mean that she

just ignore the situation or simply `get over it'. It's not

that simple. My prayer that she copes with her life speaks of

healing. Healing includes treating ourselves. Part of that might

still include challenging Dr. Ren. Only Deb can decide that.

gobo

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