-=> Quoting Sondra Ball to Robin Arnhold <=-
Hi, Sondra,
 
 SB> I read the inserts too.  And I also always check to make sure the
 SB> pharacist has included the insert.  If he hasn't, I ask for it.
Very good idea!  I'll admit that I'd been neglecting that since the
pharmacy I go to gives you a computer print-out that lists various side
effects of the medication.  Last month I also got the insert that comes
with the medication.  It listed twice as many side effects, including
several I had noticed, but had not connected to that medication.
 
 > SB> My friend went through all sorts of emotional difficulties in her late
 > SB> teens and very early twenties, and made a number of mistakes while
 > SB> trying to grow up.
 
 RA>I went that road, too--a lot of people do.  Luckily, most of us sooner or
 >later from our mistakes and figure out that if we do things differently,
 >we'll likely get a different (and hopefully better) result.
 SB> 
 SB> I've noticed that people with a traumatic childhood have trouble
 SB> getting it together younger than about 25; and often not even then.
I'd say 25 would be the earliest and older more common--mid to late
thirties.  I'm an entirely different person than I was at 25, did an
awful lot of changing in my thirties.  When I look back at some of things
I did when I was young, I'm quite embarrassed.  Of course, I still have a
tendency to shoot myself in the foot big time on occasions.
 
 RA>I'm glad that it did.  She is surely a better, wiser, and more
 >compassionate person for having overcome the difficulties presented by
 >her childhood environment.
 SB> 
 SB> I've noticed that people with real traumas in their lives tend to fall
 SB> into one of two categories:  they are either very compassionate and
 SB> understanding people; or they are very bitter.  There doesn't tend to
 SB> be a lot of inbetween behavior.
And the ones who are very bitter can be very dangerous.  My friend in
Pennsylvania says it's got a lot to do with whether or not one has
learned empathy as a child, something that frequently does not happen in
abusive situations.  He says that the ability to learn empathy tends to
be lost between the ages of 10 and 12, and that if it hasn't been learned
by then, it probably never will be.
 SB>  Santa's elves are just a bunch of subordinate Clauses.
:>  :>  :>
Take care,
Robin
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