01-31-2013, 11:21 PM
Are you both looking at the words I used to describe the mal-intent (i.e., dishonest and manipulative). Self-serving... thats something many people partake in regardless of whether they call themselves 'wanderers' or 'sto' or whatever.
So if I say someone is dishonest and manipulative, then that person is automatically an "STS-like," without attempting to understand what led this person to act in such a manner... and the type of distortion(s) this person may be trying to work with? I don't see how labeling certain behaviors & tendencies as STS OR STO would be helpful. It'll be like doing a symptom check-list and diagnosing someone with some condition... and things are not that simple.
Anyway, this is off topic.
So if I say someone is dishonest and manipulative, then that person is automatically an "STS-like," without attempting to understand what led this person to act in such a manner... and the type of distortion(s) this person may be trying to work with? I don't see how labeling certain behaviors & tendencies as STS OR STO would be helpful. It'll be like doing a symptom check-list and diagnosing someone with some condition... and things are not that simple.
Anyway, this is off topic.