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Category Archives: Emotions
Into The Wild
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Posted in Emotions Tagged book, Christopher McCandless, conflict, Eddie Vedder, Emile Hirsch, family, film, Gordon Peterson, happiness, Jon Krakauer, Philosophy, relationship, Sean Penn., wilderness Leave a comment
Escaping Toxic Guilt by Susan Carrell
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Posted in Emotions Tagged Behavior, Guilt, Psychology, Shame, Social psychology, Susan Carrell Leave a comment
Shame
I recognize shame in myself as the fear of what other people think about me. While many people feel shameful about a specific event that has happened to them or something they’ve done in the past, for me it’s more a general fear of what other people are thinking based on my own feelings of unworthiness. It makes me feel self-conscious, restricts my movements and actions, leaving me feeling trapped. It’s common for many people to feel a sense of shame about themselves. At an anger management workshop I recently attended, I felt free to dance uninhibitedly at the end while I noticed the girl next to me being much more constricted. Healing shame is a process, and she was slowly releasing her inhibitions as she was making progress. Shame is still one of my main areas of frustration with myself, but I have come a long way when… Continue reading…
Anger Management by Crockery
One of the rules that had to be obeyed when I was growing up was: Don’t run in the house, because you might break something. Walk instead. Stay calm. Don’t get too excited. Getting excited might cause you to hurt yourself, something or someone else. It also seemed to irritate the grown-ups; it seemed that grown-ups just weren’t supposed to get excited.
Not when they were happy anyway. The only time grown-ups seemed to get excited was when they were angry; and then there seemed to no limits to how excited they could get. The rest of the time they seemed to be holding their excitement inside; but when they were really angry, they really let loose. I found that terrifying. I got in real trouble when I acted like that, but grown-ups were allowed different rules to me. And so I learned that I wasn’t allowed to get… Continue reading…
Mastering Emotions at Passionately Alive
I often feel that my emotions are running my life. When it comes to happiness, joy, peace and love, that’s fine by me; but when it’s fear, sadness, anxiety, loneliness or depression, that’s not so good. We like to think that we’re in conscious control of our lives all the time, but the reality is that everything we do is driven by an emotion of one sort or another. We’re constantly either seeking the pleasant emotions or avoiding the unpleasant ones. Our emotions exist in our subconscious, so we often aren’t consciously aware of them until they pop up strongly enough to interrupt what we’re doing and make their presence felt. But they still play their role whether we acknowledge it or not; and if we ignore them, they just get louder and stronger until we start paying attention.
Our society places a premium analytical thinking and often downplays… Continue reading…
Whose Life Is It Anyway? by Nina Brown
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The Happiness Trap by Dr Russ Harris, M.D.
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Posted in Emotions Tagged Acceptance Commitment Therapy, ACT, depression, Dr Russ Harris, happiness, Therapy Leave a comment
Heart Thoughts
Nicholas de Castella’s Heart Thoughts web site offers positive ideas about emotional mastery. I like Nicholas’s sensitivity. Real men do have feelings, and it can come as something of a shock when we actually get in touch with them.
Chasing Bohemia by Carmen Michael
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In this book, subtitled A year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro, Carmen recounts her adventures seeking a bohemian existence during her first year in Brazil. I was first attracted to it for two reasons:… Continue reading…
Posted in Emotions Tagged bohemian, Brazil, Carmen Michael, Carnival, humour, lifestyle, Rio de Janeiro, samba Leave a comment
