cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat's the smartest or most insightful thing you figured out as a kid that stays with you today?message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down14
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the smartest or most insightful thing you figured out as a kid that stays with you today?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 months agoYou cannot change how someone feels about anything. You can try, but that’s only going to be some formula of what you did + plus their life experiences against how they feel about you andh ow they are feeling in the moment.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAnd any time it appears you succeeded in changing how they feel about it, all you really did was convince them to hide their feelings.
You cannot change how someone feels about anything. You can try, but that’s only going to be some formula of what you did + plus their life experiences against how they feel about you andh ow they are feeling in the moment.
And any time it appears you succeeded in changing how they feel about it, all you really did was convince them to hide their feelings.