Coping with people that bring pain....PORCUPINES!

I’m hoping you already know them; these people are already upset with life generally (due to no fault of yours) they may look perfect on the outside, but have so much hurt sticking out of them like the needle spikes of a porcupine – of course the spikes grow from inside to outside.

So whether they reach out to you in a hug or you reach out to them with a hug, YOU will always get hurt and painfully so as they transfer their personal daily pains to you.

  
The porcupine was built to coil up as a defense mechanism and hurting others is far more a defense mechanism than an attack strategy. That’s just the way they are - whether attacking or defending, they will still hurt you.

  

How to Deal with them.

Two things come to my mind…patience and space! 

A porcupine usually brings out it’s spike when it senses a threat whether real or imagined. 

Just go along with them at their pace but keep your distance, walk by their side so they don’t hurt you. 

However, if you must walk very closely with them, then deal with them from a place of understanding; get a clothing line fashionably made out of steel. 

Protect yourself from head to foot and enjoy your lessons in needlework.