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Old 09-19-2007, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by geekchic9 View Post
That was a very interesting post. We were discussing reaction vs. response in an intensive outpatient therapy group I attended. I concluded that reacting was acting without thinking, based on our emotions, while responding was calmly thinking things through, stepping back from the situation and looking at things objectively before acting. This seems different from what Steve has concluded. How do the two views jive? Or am I wrong about reacting vs. responding?
I think it's just a difference of semantics. This is about the concepts, not the particular words. You can swap the words if you'd like.
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