I always hold out hope that some men can change if they're behavior is the result of a not-so-great childhood. Every person has to make choices in their lives about how they treat someone else. Someone, however, who is totally self-referenced (I would consider this something along the lines of bipolar or some other mental illness) is incapable of understanding what their behavior is doing to someone else because they can only see things from their own point of view -- for these people, I hold out very little hope that they can change and the relationship repaired. Child experiences can be learned from and different choices made if a person is willing to make the change. If it is the result of a mental illness, there's a lot more to deal with and, while I haven't done any research to verify, I'm fairly certain this kind of personality can't be helped by medication or counselling -- and the person would probably never really believe he/she needed it anyway.
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I always hold out hope that some men can change if they're behavior is the result of a not-so-great childhood. Every person has to make choices in their lives about how they treat someone else. Someone, however, who is totally self-referenced (I would consider this something along the lines of bipolar or some other mental illness) is incapable of understanding what their behavior is doing to someone else because they can only see things from their own point of view -- for these people, I hold out very little hope that they can change and the relationship repaired. Child experiences can be learned from and different choices made if a person is willing to make the change. If it is the result of a mental illness, there's a lot more to deal with and, while I haven't done any research to verify, I'm fairly certain this kind of personality can't be helped by medication or counselling -- and the person would probably never really believe he/she needed it anyway.
March 13, 2015 - 10:43amThis Comment
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