--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > But now, Peter, asking a professional out of > > curiosity, *is* there a psychological term or > > profile for someone who obsesses on making other > > people apologize to them, or apologize, period? > > I don't know if Peter would agree but you named the term > when you said "obsesses" as I think it would be "obsessive > compulsive behavior" which I have mentioned here before. > I think TM increases it and may well be what is referred > to as "spontaneity" by the movement. I know a number > of meditators that feel they are obsessive compulsive.
Obsessive compulsive disorder certainly fits quite a few people who have posted here, most of them interestingly from the TB camp. But in my view there is something *else* going on when someone obsesses about trying to make someone apologize to them, or to other people. It's beyond the "nanny" or "hall monitor" mentality, and moves into the realm of a real power play launched by someone who simply doesn't *have* any personal power of their own, and wants to eradicate it in those who *do* have a modicum of personal power. Whatever it is, it's weird...
