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Very cool Ginger. I only had time to skim a little today but look forward to reading slowly. Long time NIN fan & saw them in San Diego once. I have to admit even as a lyricist, I never went too deep into their words, but that was before I studied narcissism. Trent's songs just rocked & I didn't take it farther, but I wasn't looking for connection like it sounds like you were, and found it.

There is a guy on Twitter I know a little who work for him for several years, who I can try to ask if interested. It is always fascinating to see if someone is really speaking the psychology, or arrived at it through intuition and experience sans formal knowledge. I had one of those mystery myself I will be talking about in the near future. To my surprise, it was history rather than psychology that helped them be so psychologically on point.

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Finally got a chance to read some. Well done but very dark. I'm glad it helped in exploring the darkness. I guess my approach is different in that I'm trying to reveal the darkness but also bring some light.

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Hiya Sam! Just getting back to you after a busy week. Thanks for checking out my piece in so much detail. Cool to know that you are a lyricist and have a connection to Trent Reznor! Yes on following up with your Twitter contact to find out more on whether Trent came by his psychological insights intuitively or formally. I saw Nine Inch Nails live in Memphis in 1995/6. It was amazing!! I'm also a Sinead O'Connor fan and was happy to read your piece. I wanted to comment, but it looks as though you have your comments turned off. Maybe there is a way we can exchange emails. As far as tone goes, in my own personal narcissistic abuse recovery, prematurely getting to the light would only be counterproductive and further enraging. That being said, everybody's temperament, psychological inputs and physiology is different.

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110% agree that going to the light prematurely is completely counterproductive, enraging & apologies for seeming to infer otherwise. It was just an observation in a different view. "tone" and approach. As a protector, to me the trauma and darkness innocent people go through is enraging, and thus counterproductive to CNI's mission. I'll send you an email. Glad you liked Sinead. It was very well received and did receive several comments. I just checked and is open to everyone. I would welcome your comment so perhaps one more try. Sub has its glitches. Cheers!

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All good re:tone/approach!

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