"Of course, this suggests that it's probably safer not to try" - it's *always* safer not to try, but it's also much more difficult to make any progress that way, unfortunately. I tend to take a not-entirely-disastrous encounter as a template, use itsy bitsy baby steps and then repeat them on other occasions until it gradually becomes easier. But mileage varies.
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Date: 2011-04-09 06:34 pm (UTC)