The Dangers of being Special

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcsUmCsy0UrLlIdAtME2EHIXrHQR7ezT0rRFIrU60K1yt86UIMdZkiL1F7Qr0pRM8HqSvyo8_lESZ7dw1oUDD2RDGAhgAEEG9yjKN9psLrGAzrBNjMdKPbe3_DGoGfO0Zh9fbaKGdR-Y/s1600/Slithery+Presence%252C+Indian+Cobra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcsUmCsy0UrLlIdAtME2EHIXrHQR7ezT0rRFIrU60K1yt86UIMdZkiL1F7Qr0pRM8HqSvyo8_lESZ7dw1oUDD2RDGAhgAEEG9yjKN9psLrGAzrBNjMdKPbe3_DGoGfO0Zh9fbaKGdR-Y/s320/Slithery+Presence%252C+Indian+Cobra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <ul><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This way of thinking can be dangerous in a number of ways including:</span> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It allows people to ignore the likely consequences of their actions</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It provides a false sense of security</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It divides the world into me and them</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It means that the individual will be unwilling to believe that treatments that help other people can help them</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It leads to the individual thinking that they are either worse than everyone else or that they are better than everyone else</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It prevents them from seeking help for their problems</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It can be a barrier to communication</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It leads to feelings of loneliness and desperation</span></li> </ul> <div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; 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The Dangers of being Special

This way of thinking can be dangerous in a number of ways including: It allows people to ignore the likely consequences of their actions ...

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