In a message dated 9/11/2000 8:50:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< <<> I've noticed people react negatively to things for a few
reasons:
>
> 1) They lack understanding
> 2) They fear the unknown
> 3) They 'recognize' a part of themselves they don't like, in
another (the
> shadow self)
Is that why you get defensive? ;)>>
I am particularly allergic to being ridiculed, though, and this will
raise my defensiveness.
>>
You forgot
4) They take themselves too seriously.