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It's as if every sentence has some meta-physical power.
When I say "Hey, this is something you don't want to do" in the lead up to an amusing story that had an unfortunate and somewhat amusing result, they have to cover their ears before I spout forth a invocation that will cause both of us to either copy exactly the unfortunate event I was going to explain or to drop into the pit of negativity for ever.
And even if you manage to hold a normalish conversation, you are not allowed an energy level any lower than theirs or any negative thoughts at all.
"So was that exercise awesome or what?"
"Yeah, it was interesting. Not sure if I did it quite right"
"Ah doubt. Remember, there was no right way."
"Well, there was really. I mean if the instruction was to spin around in my chair twice and I only spun around once, then I didn't do it right."
"Ah, but maybe that was what you were expected to do. Did you think about that?"
At this point, I'm usually looking over their shoulder hoping to see someone who I have to speak to before the next session and wondering if they’d cancel the course if one of the delegates was found at the bottom of the canal.
I’ve always wondered what makes there people like this?
I’ve looked through the NLP practitioner course requirements, there isn’t a module on “how to get someone’s back up”, and I don’t remember being told that once I’d learnt the meta-model (see below), I had to use it all the time, but for some reason that seems to be what these people have learnt.
I also don’t like people just deciding that it’s their job to change my state from whatever it is to one of their choosing.
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