"Preparedness for the outlier" is a type of training that often goes invisible. For example, *lots* of people consider themselves great tripsitters, and they probably are for the majority of trips - but actual preparedness is when they've experienced and are ready to handle more-
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than just the common experiences. A good tripsitter can handle not just the standard trip, but also the occasional insane or rare trip, and this skill difference is hard to see at first glance. What other professions seem easy, but have their value in preparedness for outliers?
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I don't know if this is true, but this is sort of my read on therapy. I imagine it's easy for most people to nod and listen and ask basic insightful questions, but the real skill of a therapist is being able to handle this if it turns out to be more serious or extreme.
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Like... something that actually doesn't respond to, or is made worse by, the strategies that the untrained person likes to use and has found works on most people. I'm thinking of one example of someone with borderline personality disorder.
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