• rtxn@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Even worse when you’re already doing the thing, but you are at a part of the process where it doesn’t visually look like you’re doing the thing, and someone chews you out for it.

    Love you, mom, but kindly piss off.

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      Christ, that drives me crazy. It makes me want to stop and say, “well now I’m not doing it at all,” because in my heart, I’m a child.

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        It’s called reactance in psychology, it’s something we all do, child or adult.