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Minimizing
"You're too sensitive."
Shrinking what you feel or what hurt you down to nothing. Your feelings become the problem.
The signs
- /"It was a joke", "you're exaggerating"
- /Never a real apology, just a shrug
Your move
You don't have to prove it's serious for it to matter to you.
Example
"To you it's nothing, to me it matters. I'm saying it so it doesn't happen again."
Mini quiz
Which message illustrates "Minimizing"?