Opposites are part of the same.

This at first may seem a little contradictory. How can opposites be part of the same. Well for example up and down are both directions, black and white are both shades, fast and slow are both speeds and so on. You may ask why this concept is so important. The reason is that people often think that they are better or different to other people simply because they do the opposite. For example someone who suppresses their emotions is in the same group as someone who projects them. Both are unable to cope with them.

The problem with this is that people often cycle between doing one thing and doing the opposite and neither one satifies them. So for example a person who gets dumped may decide not to date again and then they would feel lonely and perhaps date and get dumped and so on.

In actual fact all yes/no questions have three answers - "yes", "no" and "nothing to do with me". So for example if you ask someone what they think about the local elections, they may get embroiled in an arguement over who should win. If you then ask them about an election in a different country they may still have views but those views may be less strong. If you ask them about the elections on the planet Mars they will probably laugh. Being stuck in having to defend one opposite over another puts you in exactly the same camp as the opposition. You will both be unable to distance yourselves and have a clear overview. This kind of tunnel vision may provide you with someone to blame but will also serve to keep you well and truly frustrated.

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