Unfortunately, I would argue that what you describe is a negative property of the groups you hang out with, and that your efforts would be better spent developing strategies for displaying tolerance when someone inevitably pukes or cries in order to start changing these group attitudes rather than ... training your body to never puke or cry.
I would argue that what you describe is a negative property of the groups you hang out with
I wouldn't disagree with you. That doesn't mean it's worth the effort to try and change their behavior, or to seek out new groups. I do have a "core" social group that is quite tolerant, and that works fine for me.
It is also nice having social spaces where crying is abnormal, since then there's no pressure to engage in such displays. Thanks to an abusive father, crying in front of other people is extremely difficult, and I've only cried in public twice i...
I'm not as smart as I like to think I am. Knowing that, I've gotten into a habit of trying to work out as many general principles as I can ahead of time, so that when I actually need to think of something, I've already done as much of the work as I can.
What are your most useful cached thoughts?
A few of the rules-of-thumb I've already pre-cached include:
That should be a reasonable but not overwhelming sample of the sorts of ideas I mean, and am hoping to evoke more of with this post.