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The other day someone posted that Jordan Peterson was being ridiculed for becoming emotional after a young man rushed the stage seeking help. As if empathy and emotion are somehow a weakness
I seen this video and thought it showed a side of this man that we don’t often see. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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Boardwine 8 Apr 17
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He is a strong man with integrity, conviction, and compassion. Any good father should try to hold themselves to those ideals. The world (and the next generation) would benefit greatly and be a much better place

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To have empathy and understanding is not weak.This world is so self absorbed and few people take the time to listen.It is a strength when you take time out of your own life, and walk in someone elses shoes.
Mr Peterson is amazing.

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Peterson's empathy for mankind especially those who are confused and fearful comes through with great sincerity. In a much more limited way I have tried to be that type of person when I worked as a welfare worker with the homeless and the aged and sick and dying as well young people struggling with the meaning of life in a nihilistic world that confronts us today.

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It’s refreshing to see someone so passionate, caring, honest and raw. It’s very rare in the world today and I applaud him for having the courage to be so genuine and for having such a passion for helping people and honesty. Showing this kind of genuine selfless emotion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength and kindness.

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There are a few guarantees in life. One is death. The other is we shall all know suffering to varying degrees..this will include our own death and death of loved ones, illness, perhaps war, destruction etc etc. (When we judge the success of others and think they have not suffered and lived the life of Riley... we don't know) I had a friend... beautiful, charming, huge loving family, well to do, nice car, good job, almost died trying to carry a baby. I believe it was 11 miscarriages by invetro. Then her Sibling died leaving leaving her young nieces and nephews without a parent. So she took that on, even in all this grief.

She was also taking care of mom with dementia. And I would hear people talk about her. Like she thought she was a princess and the like. She didnt let on what was going on. Always wore a smile. They didn't know

I knew. Because she could be real with me. Of course I had allot going on and it got a little too much and intense for her
Thats ok though. I still love her. She had things to deal with. So did I ...

What we do with suffering is as personal and individual as the experience is. Some people seprate emotion from the personality. This is called disassociation. Its a coping mechanism
It goes by varying degrees. There is a scale. The hightest being when the personlity splits off into more than one. That is usually extreme and do to trauma. On the lower end it could be mild anxiety as an example. Some people go into blame and may take 0 responsibility for things Some just have 0 empathy. Empathy and emotion are not weakness. But for some reason we can be be made to believe they are. Some of the strongest people I have met have either been through or have witnessed some of the most horrendous things and it seems they have more empathy for others. I think because they have a deeper understanding of how fragile things can be. There are also 5 stages of greif and thwyvare different for everyone. Sometimes people get stuck in denial and or anger or.one of.thebother 2 prior to acceptance
JBP has to have some empathy in order to be a successful clinical phychologist as long as he has. He would also have to have great strength to not take on the issues and history of his clients.
He is aware and wise enough to know these are not his experiences. From my understanding clinitians are trained to depersonalize. They are not always successful.

Emotion to many can be a sign of weakness ... especially today.. ergo ... is it not a sign of great courage to show emotion? In a world where we are often told not to emote... take a pill not to feel... you are only allowed 5 days to grieve the death of a spouse or child... risk losing your income ... but if someone looks at you sideways... or calls you the wrong pronoun ... smirks at someone who is up in your face... you can throw a fit, lie abd go out to destroy lives..
I don't get it. There is real suffering.
When one stands out and speaks up and walks their walk and lives in their truth (within reason and without harm) it takes great courage and strength to do so.

When I heard that.people.formed a human chain to save relics from Notre dame... it is stufff ... important stuff... people risked their lives for this "stuff" i respect and thank them.
They felt it was important enough to risk their lives for..
Great thought posted below... and general questions.to all came to mind. You don't even have to answer here but interesting questions to ask the self: Do you walk your talk? If so, how? If no, why?

I don't know. I try. I think at least. Im certainly getting better at it. I hope

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He has spent a life time trying to help people in crisis. Of course he has emotion. It would be absurd to think he does not. Empathy is not a weakness, if it were not for the empathetic people of the world we would not have progressed as we did.

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What is wrong with showing someone kindness and being supportive when they are going through a tough time? Seems odd that anyone would view this as a sign of weakness.

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People who dis emotion (I'm one of them; emotion is a terrible master) tend to forget that most of what we think tends to stem first from how we felt about something.

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I don't see this as strength or weakness - I see it as genuineness. I have always been impressed with how JBP "walks the walk". To use his words he embodies what he believes. Analyzing what he says vs how he acts tells me he lives his beliefs. Pretty impressive. Maybe your right - it takes a person of great strength to live a genuine life.

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Give me 12 cry babies like Jordan Peterson and I could conquer the world.

How can a clinical psychologist connect to his clients on such an emotional level and survive? Truly a very strong man.

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