Thank you thank you thank you to a beloved friend for sending this to me twice when I didn’t catch it the first time. Turns out I still have remnants of NPD, nice personality disorder. I’m noticing the twinges when it comes up. I’m noticing when formally I would choose to be nice when actually I felt irritated or annoyed. And super proud yesterday when a beloved crossed a boundary, I was simply able to assertively put my hand in the stop position and very kindly say, “Please …
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Nice vs. Kind – What Is the Difference Between Niceness & Kindness? – Meditation Magazine
The difference between “niceness” and “kindness” is night and day, yet people often use these two words interchangeably, assuming that they’re “basically the same thing.” Well, I hope that I can help clear up that misconception with this article.