That strikes me as a somewhat limiting definition. You are always going to be able to be more forceful with yourself, physically, mentally and emotionally, than you are with other people because you have an innate and highly intimate knowledge of your own boundaries by virtue of living in your own skin.
Do I? I used the physical self as an example because the boundaries and limitations of a body are constantly changing -- age, health, environment, none of those things are constant. So I constantly find that my limits and abilities change, and I'm constantly testing and re-testing those limits. My recent surgery is a perfect example of that.
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Re: defining fragility
Date: 2002-09-27 11:58 am (UTC)Do I? I used the physical self as an example because the boundaries and limitations of a body are constantly changing -- age, health, environment, none of those things are constant. So I constantly find that my limits and abilities change, and I'm constantly testing and re-testing those limits. My recent surgery is a perfect example of that.