COPING WITH CONFLICT
An intensive, self-help conflict resolution exercise designed for
all types of relationships, guiding you from anger to peace, from despair to action, from outrage to insight.
What buttons has this conflict pressed in you?
- I am a failure, nothing I do is right.
- I am inferior, everyone is better than me.
- I am inadequate, it's no use trying.
- I am bad, and deserve to be mistreated.
- I am rejected, everyone rejects me.
- I am not important, everyone walks over me.
- I am incompetent, I can't do anything right.
- I am stupid, and deserve to be treated as such.
- I am too dependent, too needy.
- I am responsible for this situation, I caused it.
- I am insensitive to the feelings of others.
- I am overbearing, I walk over people.
- I am boring and deserve to be laughed at.
- I am weak, can't stand up for myself.
- I am unlovable, nobody loves me.
- I am unattractive, nobody is attracted to me.
- I am worn out and useless, fit the scrap heap.
- I am (insert whatever button you want here).
Has this conflict pressed some buttons - caused you think negatively of yourself in any of the above ways?
- YES, the conflict has definitely pressed some buttons in me - go to Sensitivity
- NO, the conflict has NOT pressed any buttons in me and I am genuinely hurt by this unprovoked and inexplicable attack on me - go to Perplexed