16 Responses (4 Discussion Threads) to “Extreme Thinking: Black and White, All or None”

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   Florin

   11

   21st July 2009

   Hi all,
   Interesting topic. I’m black and white. What’s actually wrong in beeing like that? And second question why do you call it all the time black and white when I don’t see the white in any of your examples(I’m talking about all website that deal with this topic all or none, black and white.
   Where is the positive site? Have you found any client on positive site. If you try to help with something why do you talk about black all the time?

   Thanks and wait for a competent reply.
   F.
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     Dr George Simon, PhD

     11.1

     23rd July 2009

     Thanks for your comment, Florin. I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re trying to say, but let me take a stab at it.

     This article is part of a series on the types of thinking that are common to persons with disturbed characters. It’s not a condemnation of the type of thinking, per se. In fact, I have some other posts that address the issue of when it’s not only okay but advantageous for someone to have a rather uncompromising mind set (like when a brain surgeon is about to operate on someone). The problem for disturbed characters is that all the traits and thinking patterns this and other series have addressed cluster together in a manner that makes for difficult relationships between the disturbed character and others. The “black and white” metaphor is just that – a metaphor. There is no attempt to necessarily cast the “black” as bad or the “white as good. It’s merely a metaphor to illustrate some folks’ difficulty with seeing “shades of gray.” : )
2. 

   Florin

   12

   23rd July 2009

   Hi George,

   Thanks for reply. Your message is grey which is normal for normal people. Let me tell you how I see black and white:

   Black is when you take a decision based on dark feelings more than on rationalism and you realize that decision was stupid.
   White is when your brain is working upon a less of 50% influence of dark feelings and the results is a success.

   Please correct me if I’m wrong.
   Can you give me some examples of dark feelings and white ones?
   What means disturbed behavior? Can you define some limits where is normal and where is anormal?

   Cheers,
   Florin

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