Part of my problem is my OCD, which races to thoughts that if this person 
disagrees with me, they must hate me, and if they hate me, they will find out 
who I am in real life and find some way to hurt me.

Is there any way to work on this?

--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Hi DP,
> 
> What you oberve in yourself is quite normal and natural in all humans to
> a greater or lesser extent, and is due to one's sense of self, which has
> it's own fall-out, and which fallout can be perceived as good, bad, both
> good and bad, neither good nor bad, or all of the above, or none of the
> above.
> 
> --ED.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@> wrote:
> >
> I haven't been on here for a long time, and I apologize.
> 
> I have written about this before, but I still struggle with it. I simply
> cannot
> walk away from an argument, especially on the internet. I just find
> myself not
> able to back down when faced with an argument. It's especially hard when
> somone
> insults my intelligence. Obviously this is just ego. But why is it so
> hard to
> back down? What can I do?
>




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