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Recent content by 1MarkF

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    Lack of empathy

    The book "The Power of Empathy" by Ciaramicoli and Ketcham has end-of-chapter exercises to train empathy. It was recommended me by a CBT therapist. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Empathy-practical-creating-self-understanding/dp/0749921021
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    40 Something and Broke

    Hi All, and thanks for the friendly greets. Yes, I feel fragmented, all over the map, rather than integrated & whole at this juncture. I do hope so. It affords more protection, as I feel too vulnerable to work F/T and reestablish my career without, and an answer to lifelong puzzlement's...
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    40 Something and Broke

    Hi, My name is Mark and I’m a geek in wild shirts. Problems at work prompted a push for a diagnosis, which I’ve successfully lobbied to be expedited. As my introvert personality ebbed in my 30s, in my 40s this opened a Pandora’s Box (Boundaries, Bigger Picture, etc.). My Foster Brother is...
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