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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2007-07-22 04:41 PM

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Anyone who is social and lives long enough
will encounter someone whose whole life
and viewpoint from it is determined by their misery;
a pain which has no origin in any kind of actual ailment,
past or present physical or mental abuse by any outside
source, yet is treated and is expected to be treated as the
preeminent consideration. It is a pain that derives
from not being able to re-create the world in their own image
so that it is in a constant state of awe and adoration for its
benefactor. It creates an atmosphere and an idiom
however irrational that if one is unfortunate
he will assimilate and give deference to
even at the cost of his own well being.

I have never in my life known such a person who at the same time
had conscience enough to appreciate that what they were doing
to others was wrong.

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Essorant
Member Elite

since 2002-08-10

Posts 4769
Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

1 posted 2007-07-22 10:44 PM

May you give an example? It is hard to understand what you are referring to from your descriptions alone.

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

2 posted 2007-07-23 02:08 PM

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If you can, get a hold
of Dido Merwin’s “The Vessel of Wrath”.

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Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

3 posted 2007-07-23 02:21 PM

do you mean, someone that is so consumed by what they perceive as their own misery that they cannot see beyond it?

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

4 posted 2007-07-23 04:06 PM

They sound like a pain to me.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

5 posted 2007-07-23 09:26 PM

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I am surprised by the seemingly expressed inexperience.
It is a sea I swam in and watched many drown in when I was young.

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

6 posted 2007-07-24 06:48 PM

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“Everything I do is wrong; I can’t seem to do anything right" and
“I just don’t know how Ted stands it.”

Aurelia Plath quoted by Dido Merwin

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