By: Kristen
This went in a totally different direction than I expected, also. I think of strong people as resilient, able to keep going when life is hard. As someone whose depression and anxiety interferes with my...
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[...] This is one of the best articles I have read of late. The difference between being strong and being a bully are as clear as night and day, or are they? This article sheds light on what true...
View ArticleBy: oldblackdog
Interesting starting point for a discussion… I agree with the term resilient as an indicator of strength, and see the ability to slog on doing what’s right as best you know as a standard of...
View ArticleBy: sarah
Maybe it was fuzzy, especially as I look at other comments. I don’t think it is really stereotypical either, but that point does nothing to diminish your view of what really makes someone strong. I...
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This is not the full story, you can be strong in a gentle, reflective, sensitive way, To do ones duty, without complaint.
View ArticleBy: parisgirlxxx
-About being seen as a strong person..I thought the same as you did. The resilency one shows or the way one deals w/ problems w/o falling apart. To appear to be bouncing back from a tragedy or...
View ArticleBy: Denise
The traits that are sometimes pointed to as “strong” are often closer to grandiosity, contempt, rigidity, stubbornness, aggressiveness, and desire to control others… these fit the description of my...
View ArticleBy: Dawn-Susan
We here in Australia have a female PM [our first and hopefully our last - for a very long time at least] who displays all the straits of the ‘strong woman’ myth. She is forever putting people who...
View ArticleBy: john
re cricket dec 12th post there have been few posts which alow readers of this page which offer a suggestion of the type you have posted. a few years back a guy who was labelled on on side as a...
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[…] include: http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/BriefingBook/Detail.aspx?id=2172http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships-balance/2012/12/08/the-myth-of-the-strong-person/ […]
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