When we interact with someone in person more than half our understanding of
"When we interact with someone in person, more than half our understanding of the conversation comes via our eyes and through our interpretation of others' body language. To compensate for the absence of body language when using the telephone or voice-mail, we place greater emphasis on voice, tone and accent. With e-mail, not only are there no facial or tonal clues, but there is also much less consideration than is afforded to letters and faxes - where the sender will most likely print the document and re-read it before putting it in an envelope or on to the fax machine."Indeed, the writer of an e-mail doesn't think twice, let alone read twice They just type and press "Send". One in 70 said they had left a job to avoid the abuse. Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who has analysed the survey's findings, believes e-mail may have the most powerful impact on human relations of any communications technology yet.
According to the software company Novell, over half of the respondents to its latest survey have received flame-mails at work, with 23 per cent claiming they received them several times a week and 48 per cent several times a month. It is defined by someone losing their self-control and sending an e-mail message that is derogatory, obscene or inappropriate Its use by managers is growing alarmingly, however. It's an abusive note from someone senior to you who works on the opposite side of the office. You don't know it yet but you're the casualty of the latest manifestation of bad management: flame mail Flaming has been around since e-mail started. But when you look at the message, you discover that it's something altogether more worrying. Idly, you call it up, presuming that it's about an evening with friends at the weekend which you have planned. You arrive at work, switch on the computer and up pops a message - "You've got mail".
About three days later he called and left a message on my answering machine not to come back."Testimony taken from Therapy Exploitation Link Line, a US support group for women who have experienced sexual exploitation from therapists.. He got really mad at me and said that if I insisted on seeing someone else he wouldn't be able to see me anymore. But he told me that part of my problem was that I had never experienced sex with anyone other than my husband. At first it was mostly kissing and touching, but after a few weeks we had sex.After almost two years I told him that I needed to see a different therapist I felt so guilty about my marriage.