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When someone texts us "How are you?", we usually reply with either something very laconic or an entire novella. Both of these choices have their pluses and minuses, but there's another way to express your current state, and it's often way more effective, too. Memes! And the Facebook page 'I Be Like' has one for virtually any occasion. From work and dating to online shopping and eating out, this fun social media project has been covering everyday life since 2012. So free up some space on your device and keep scrolling—there's plenty of hilariously relatable pictures that you can save for later use.

While these memes might seem silly and pretty straightforward, learning how to relate to others isn't.

According to the authors of Relationship Sanity, Mark B. Borg, Jr., Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, and MD, Daniel Berry, RN, MHA, it involves attention to a variety of vocabularies—verbal, behavioral, and affective.

"Lessons on how to relate are likely, then, to be mixed, conflicted and confusing," they explained. So the fact that we can perfect it to the point where a single image is enough to convey complex emotions is absolutely remarkable, if you ask me.

The authors say that compassionate empathy is what allows the development of this kind of connection. They define it as allowing someone else's feelings and needs to inhabit our consciousness without taking over completely.

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"It promotes ongoing health in a relationship and even provides an environment and mechanism for 'fixing' relationships that have gone awry," they said.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ends up being 30 minutes and the potato is now contemplating whether to get seasoned or become mashed in bed.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wish they wouldn't notify it's shipped when all they've done is create a label.

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Sometimes we may unconsciously create patterns of relating that distance us from people—patterns that "protect" us from what we think we want from a relationship, namely mutual emotional investment and intimacy.

This kind of mutuality can be frightening when we realize how emotionally vulnerable it makes us. The authors call this "distancing" technique an "irrelationship."

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i wonder this all the time. Why do I stick with retail when I can't stand the thought of serving entitled people who are so needy? (rhetorical question. Do not answer that.)

JJ
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband just bought me a t-shirt that says, "Today I'd like to do something with people ... nudging would be nice." ...I'm a social worker... 😅

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha I often think this. Also, why did I pick a job that requires me to get up really early when I am very much not a morning person

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta love Fight Club for turning me on to the concept of "single-serving friends"... They're the best!!

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"Irrelationship, a dissociative adaptation, is a shared coping style which allows us to distance ourselves from the anxiety related to becoming close to others," they said.

"This is accomplished through a process called enactment, a habitual (but usually unconscious) acting out of behaviors intended to prevent awareness of distressing feelings."

These jointly enacted behaviors, which the authors call song-and-dance-routines, stand directly in the way of resolving distress by reproducing negative experiences as well as delaying the development of new ways of relating.

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had that feeling when I did a fluke triple pirouette without falling for the first time. Never was able to recreate that ever again.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL, as if. If I had money, I'd just finally get my physical health issues and mental health issues fixed/see specialists, get new lenses for my glasses (been looking through the most scratchy, pitted, bleary pieces of glass for a few years now), fix my car, and save the rest for food, treats, toys, and vet care for my pets XD

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just manifest me a fully functional Tardis for $50, or Scooby's doghouse in "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo".

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's wrong with that? Here's a little secret. Your man thinks you are hot AF! It doesn't matter that you just woke up from a nap, haven't washed your hair in three days, and shoveling food into your mouth with a bulldozer. He thinks you are a goddess. You don't have to like it, but you should accept it, and move on.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aaahh, can‘t wait till this effing heat is over, i really suffer… Autumn, you are WELCOME

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then Netflix starts judging you: "Are you seriously still watching this s**t, go to bed MF!" Not what it actually says, but I know what it's thinking. I can read between the lines

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

None of which taste like a fresh tomato (including that force-ripened one in the top right).

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