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I need to learn to be more assertive
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 86065" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Hi Karen,</p><p>I am like that too--I hate confrontation, makes me feel very anxious inside. I think mine might come from having a very authoritarian father (I am always nervous and scared around authority figures like bosses) and also he was embarrassing. He would deliberately seem to pick fights with people--like at stores he would get offended if the clerk asked him for his driver's license (instead of asking for "identification") and make a big deal of it. Once our family was at a restaurant with a diner and nearly got kicked out because my dad unplugged the jukebox (he didn't like the music playing). So, I am acutely aware of when people are acting like idiots and feel responsible for them doing so! </p><p></p><p>I think you are doing a great job--you are working on you! </p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 86065, member: 3450"] Hi Karen, I am like that too--I hate confrontation, makes me feel very anxious inside. I think mine might come from having a very authoritarian father (I am always nervous and scared around authority figures like bosses) and also he was embarrassing. He would deliberately seem to pick fights with people--like at stores he would get offended if the clerk asked him for his driver's license (instead of asking for "identification") and make a big deal of it. Once our family was at a restaurant with a diner and nearly got kicked out because my dad unplugged the jukebox (he didn't like the music playing). So, I am acutely aware of when people are acting like idiots and feel responsible for them doing so! I think you are doing a great job--you are working on you! Jane [/QUOTE]
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