Table 6 Exemplar quotations of the word pair 'blaming/forgiving.'
Blaming | Cog21 | Blaming is ... when you hang on to an event and think, "if only I could have changed it" ...and then you explain all subsequent failure with that event. |
| Â | Cog27 | That you want to blame people for everything that happens. ... you want to find a scapegoat; you want to find a reason that that happened. |
Forgiving | Cog09 | I allow myself to make mistakes, and when I do, I don't grind myself into the floor for it, and the same with other people. |
| Â | Cog13 | Just being more merciful with myself and other people. Just letting things go, and not holding on to them. I feel like I am much more forgiving, actually. |