I cant hear you when I am listening.....

[Nova]

I cant hear you when I am listening...
I found myself saying this to a patient of mine, when I was listening to his heart and he was talking to me...
This might have been appropriate in that particular situation but i noticed myself doing it so often in so many others too..
Sometimes we focus too much on our needs with ppl....forgetting that Its a whole individual we are dealing with , more then what we are reducing them to....with interests/concerns/needs very different then ours...
Any thoughts.....

[Munni]

hmm, are you saying we hear what we want to hear from others, and that we mostly look at what we want/need from others as opposed to what they may want/need?

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