Maybe you folks have better ideas...

[cjsmith]

What do you do when someone dumps a steaming pile of judgment all over you, still warm from the source?

I haven't yet learned how to not care, and I'm often bad with a quick zinger of a comeback. So what I do is just kinda mope. Not optimal I suppose.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Usually, I recognize it's projection

Ah, that's a big help. I am slow to see this when something stings.

Dumping is a habit, after all!

True indeed. :-/