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Old 05-08-2018, 10:01 AM
tealily tealily is offline
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Whoa! Today I got my first genuinely angry client email

Context - this client is hurting and has some complex social history going on.

By the sounds of things this client has had multiple readings from various different readers, some of whom I'd consider in the more "wishy washy" category. The email included references to multiple lines I've never mentioned in my own readings to this client, so I'm guessing it's generalised anger rather than personalised. They took a lot of offence to my suggestion that it may be time to seek professional counselling, and didn't think tarot was legit anymore.

I found myself being really grateful for my clinical experience (I'm used to dealing with upset people?); I'm not taking it personally, this person is hurting. I'm glad I've said they may need to go elsewhere, and found a way to gently explain why a real-life counsellor may trump the online tarot reader for this particular person. I wished them luck, acknowledged they were allowed to not think tarot were legit, closed my email, closed the 'link' and am back to wondering when I'll be able to make japanese souffle pancakes.

In the future I might encourage myself to make the "I think this person needs in-person help, not a tarot reader" calls earlier, and act on it.

An unusual experience, and felt the need to share with my online peeps.
Hope you're all doing okay where you are tonight
I hope this client gets the help they need and feels better eventually.
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Old 05-08-2018, 01:46 PM
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You seem very mature about this.
I'm aware of a rise in spontaneous, nutty, non-sensical anger being
expressed in public, btw.
People actually screaming in restaurants, for example...like tirades..not just
shouting, "Stop it!"

There seems to be a climate of general unhappiness and blaming someone for it!
Ha, the one that is not even responsible, but did some small mistake, maybe, and
the person unloads on them...in other words, on an innocent.



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Old 05-08-2018, 01:56 PM
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Thanks for the support!

Yeah, anger management (or lack thereof) is a thing.

The client sent a follow up email, more angry than the first, and being more specific about non-tarot things they were angry at, so I feel a bit better know it’s not my services particularly tripping them up at all! Sometimes people just get so wound up that they ‘emotion dump’, I think.
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Old 05-08-2018, 03:14 PM
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I will tell you something also that may help...I massaged a lady over 20 yrs ago
that then accused me of making her worse, huh? (what the heck did I do? I thought.)

I told my Chiropractor...she wisely said...'Look, she came to you already hurting...they come
after lifting a piano...then blame you for something...forget it.'
I did.
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Old 05-08-2018, 06:55 PM
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Sorry this happened to you.
Always difficult to deal with tricky situations where you clearly see that someone needs more serious 'work'.
Advising a counselor is equally tricky as the chances of someone getting upset because their ego gets hurt are really high. Certainly if you say "professional help" as then they feel there's something wrong with them.
Sometimes people expect miracles of a reader...
I've declined reading for someone who'd been diagnosed by either schizophrenia or bipolar (cannot remember), hearing voices and she was doubting the medical diagnosis, thinking she was intuitive. That may be so, but I'm not going there.
I have not had angry or discontent customers yet, I guess at some point it is bound to happen. Let's not jinx it, hihi, simply hope it won't happen anytime soon, because no matter what it'll hurt.
So in that sense giving you a big virtual hug! And hope they won't send you any more nasty emails.

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Old 28-08-2018, 09:01 PM
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It's a very fine line between anger and tears. I hope the person gets the help they need.
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