the 'dementor' effect

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the 'dementor' effect

by lucreziaborgia ^Pro @ 2009-10-29 – 21:17:25

Do you have a person in your life whom you cannot get away from, and who draws all the (little) happiness you may have out of you?

The 'dementor' effect, Mr Mechanic calls it.

He has one.

I have one or two.

You start well, and life looks reasonable. You have pep-talked yourself into having a good day.

The 'dementor' walks in, or emails, or calls.

You are left feeling empty and sad.

Does anybody else have one of those?
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- Bushka ^Pro
- Bushka
- 2009-10-29 @ 21:28:03
I love the metaphor....Why didn't I thinki of that name.. "The Dementor Effect"? The phenomenon is not enirely unfamiliar.....I have come across it....not necessarily resident in a person...a peson may well trigger such a reaction.....
- - lucreziaborgia ^Pro
  - 2009-10-29 @ 22:19:20
  Better be on the receiving end than the dementor itself, though... x
  - - Bushka ^Pro
    - Bushka
    - 2009-10-30 @ 09:34:16
    Quite true! I've always had a 'deep symnpathy' with the Dementors.....So sad!
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 2009-10-29 @ 21:29:58
i don't have one really, other than my husband at times, but I know what you mean. Some people just suck the joy out of you, and are best avoided.
- - lucreziaborgia ^Pro
  - 2009-10-29 @ 22:20:07
  Then you are lucky. Or stronger. To be water-proof to dementors is a perfect skill.
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- soyunperdedor ^Pro
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- 2009-10-29 @ 21:50:35
Yes. Very much so. It's all I can do to stop myself groaning whenever they walk in the room, I've had to turn it into a yawn sometimes. God I hate people.
- - lucreziaborgia ^Pro
  - 2009-10-29 @ 22:20:24
  All people? (wink)
  - - soyunperdedor ^Pro
    - http://soyunperdedor.blog.co.uk
    - 2009-10-29 @ 22:20:51
    Most!
    - - lucreziaborgia ^Pro
      - 2009-10-29 @ 22:22:25
      Mmmmm. Even the sunny ones? Those who pull you up instead of dragging you down? x
      - soyunperdedor ^Pro
        
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        2009-10-29 @ 22:23:21
        
        Hmm...see, there aren't many of those on a real-life day-to-day basis - but I suppose they're ok really x
        
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        lucreziaborgia ^Pro
        
        2009-10-29 @ 22:26:25
        
        I am one, and I am real. I only show darkness in my soul on this site. My spirit always turns towards the sun like a sunflower. As long as I can discard all that is rotting inside me by writing about it here, I can be a sun to others. I don't know what I would do without Lucrezia! X
        
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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- 2009-10-30 @ 08:44:43
Every now and then you have to purge people from your life - you should only surround yourself with people that make you feel great about yourself x
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