A Conversation for Writing Right with Dmitri: Emotional Archaeology
Emotional honesty
minorvogonpoet Started conversation Dec 15, 2019
Sometimes it is difficult to be emotionally honest about things you've done which didn't work out well.
It's easier to live with an edited version - actually, it wasn't my fault, it was someone else's fault, it was society's fault.
Emotional honesty
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 15, 2019
You're right - it's easier. 
But it isn't what they pay us the nonexistent big bucks for, is it? 
Good point!
Emotional honesty
minorvogonpoet Posted Dec 15, 2019
You could get a story out of it though, if a person turns up with the truth, or at least, a different version of the truth...
Emotional honesty
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 15, 2019
Definitely. 
Have you seen the film 'Rashomon'? Or the easier version of it they did on Star Trek: The Next Generation?
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 17, 2019
That is one of your best efforts, Dmitri. 
I do know someone who is a bit like Shirley Vance. (It's a guy.) Kindliness toward him i the only thing I can think of that might help, and it's tricky to manage it without seeming condescending or patronizing.
I wholeheartedly admire Fred Rogers, but I can't be as saintly as he was. I can often control myself, but I'm apt to slink away after a failure to connect properly. 
Fred Rogers would hang in there for as long as it took.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 17, 2019
Thanks, Paul. 
Yeah, Fred Rogers was awfully persistent.
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