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[quote=Anonymous]OP, a book that really helped me was "The Dance of Anger". I too was raised to be sweet, nonthreatening and infinitely approachable. My mother always told me that "it's not ladylike to show anger." Funny thing how her rage, often apropos of nothing, would boil over and manifest itself in verbal and physical abuse of her daughter. I know that CBT might help with the assertiveness. Scripts you have memorized and keep in the back of your mind are good too with person first language...when you do X, it makes me feel y. I will say this: in the often cold and unfriendly D.C. area I've received more than one compliment on my smiling catch-more-flies-with honey attitude. Just wish that I could stand up for myself more in personal relationships.[/quote]
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