Taking ones blood pressure in a spiritual mystical sense is a challenge. You must visit them often, hold their hand proverbially and distance yourself from their poetry a little bit.
I have one person in particular who has been acid to me since the day we met in a chat room venue.
This person speaks troubled poor English and uses the words "stupid" and "disgusting" to berate others on a daily basis. When we first met, I was called a "Fake jew" and "fake doctor". I was compared with other doctors who are in the practice sphere of hospital work and other fields different from my own choices.
This person in fact even went so far as to call a rabbi in my town and his family to complain that I "threatened" that person by my conversations. I was shocked. When I actually told this person how disgusting that they may in fact truthfully be based on a deficiency in their ability to do a certain mitzvah that they are clearly unable to perform, they have since stopped using the word "disgusting" to attack myself. Perhaps that was medicine.
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