One of the fallacies described in the book, that not
occasionally occur in my intrapersonal communication now is, taking responsibility
for others. My parent gave birth to two
kids, me and my little brother. The age gap between us was not that far, so my
dad always tells me that I should take responsibility for my younger brother. So
any time he gets into a problem, I was held responsible for him, and when he
gets spanked by my dad, I felt guilty about it, and put the blame on myself. I could
remember a time when he got into a fight at high school, then I was about transferring
to college, he got a deep cut on his hand, so bad that the ambulance had to
take him away for treatment. It was so bad, that it got me thinking that it was
my lack of watching over him that got him to the hospital. Over the years, I learnt
how to deal with this issue. I had to read books that dealt with taking
responsibilities for one self and attended seminar on building me to take
responsibility for myself and let others take theirs. I learnt to control my
intrapersonal communication, by constantly reminding myself that, I can’t
control the decisions people would want to take for their lives, and in as much
can’t control the consequences that accompany every decision made.
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