I just walk away from those conversations these days. Much healthier for both people involved, the person who isn't showing any empathy, and the person likely to get pissed off because the other person isn't showing empathy.
Not always an option, I suppose, but it helps to deal with around 80% of potentially stressful situations.
I think it was that I finally realised that my desire for someone to understand me and what I was saying was less then my desire not to feel like I was being treated like crap on the Internet.
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Date: 2009-12-05 02:58 am (UTC)Not always an option, I suppose, but it helps to deal with around 80% of potentially stressful situations.
I think it was that I finally realised that my desire for someone to understand me and what I was saying was less then my desire not to feel like I was being treated like crap on the Internet.