Nobody here seriously suggested Peter should apologize. Because Barry is "above" reading my posts, he missed it when I corrected him on this earlier today--and now *he's* obsessing about this imaginary demand for an apology from Peter.
Barry Wright, Master of Inadvertent Irony. --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> 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... >
