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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2004-02-21 02:44 am

Friends, empathy

Must write up a more detailed version of why hanging with JD is so good for LF. I explained it to [livejournal.com profile] votania very briefly today; happily, we know LF well enough that it could be conveyed briefly.

He's used to being the one who's told he's not quite in control and needs to chill out. Now, he's in the position where he's telling someone else to chill out and tone it down. Not only is he experiencing being the responsible one, he's also perhaps gaining empathy for us when we say the same things to him.