Why You Feel Bad After Talking to Someone

Main subjects

AVAlexander VolchekCouples and healthy relationshipsChildren, parenting, and family lifeF/Friend / friendsConflictIrritation

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:00The main question: how do you avoid losing energy in interactions and stay balanced?
• 01:07Three reasons your state deteriorates after interacting with someone
• 04:30What to do in case 1: the person has stronger energy but means no harm
• 09:02What to do in case 2: the person really wants to cause harm (aggression)
• 11:50Calm observation without manipulation: a key nuance
• 12:16Two tasks: your reaction first, then resolving the issue with the person
• 13:00The example of a boss at work
• 13:59The dog story: don't create a situation that repeats the conflict
• 16:24How to avoid being drawn into other people's states
• 20:29What to do in case 3: a mirror reaction

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• 05:44

  But they cried because I was talking about a certain energy or certain things that triggered tears in them.

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• 05:58

  They can notice it, because in the vast majority of cases—99.999999 percent—tears are an ego structure: ego, resentment.

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• 07:59

  It is very important to learn to recognize this, because it harms your development and the actions taking place. It does harm; it does a great deal of harm to the situation.

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• 08:23

  It is always interesting to see people who are intensely irritated by that noise.

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• 09:29

  You meet someone who really does want to harm you, when people around you create this negative atmosphere, deliberately create this negative atmosphere.

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• 12:15

  The reaction arises because I lack the strength. It is my problem; I lack the strength.

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• 12:22

  My second task will be to work out how to resolve the issue with the other person, who is to blame for the problem because they are creating it deliberately.

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• 12:41

  If there are bad people in a certain neighborhood, stop going through that neighborhood forever.

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• 18:31

  If we look at wild animals, by the way—I apologize for using wild animals as examples today. I never comp—well, this isn't a comparison with people, but in general...

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• 23:17

  Decide what you need with other people and what matters more to you: your own state, or discussing another person every day and plunging into the most intense negativity through it.

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