Guilt...
...is not a nice feeling, and not one I am used to feeling. Normally I tend to avoid such destructive feelings of guilt, worry, and (occasionally) anger, but this time is was different. It has been almost 2 weeks since last I posted, and according to my calculations, that means I owe Rushan a total of 4 posts! That's a hefty amount! I have also been feeling a little guilty because I haven't really been keeping contact with some people that are very important to me, namely my dearest brother Nick. We are long over-due for a chat Nick, we should set up a time for either a good MSN chat or a phone call. It seems that whenever Mom and Dad call you I am away...Oh and BTW Nick...We are playing The Chicken, After Hours and God Bless The Child for the Christmas concert with the Sr. Jazz. Not bad, eh? ;)
As I mentioned earlier in the post, I deal with my emotions in a relativly effective way. The way I do it, is if I am feeling angry, sad, worried, guilty, or any kind of irregular or destructive emotion, I take 1 minute, and I sit down, close my eyes and kind of look at my thoughts without, or with as little emotion as possible. As soon as I do this, I see how small a deal whatever is causing these emotions is. Strangely enough, if you seperate your mind from your emotions for an extended period of time (5-10 minutes maybe?) it is a very relaxing and refreshing experience.
How do you deal with stressful emotions?
-Binary...It's digitalicious!!
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As I mentioned earlier in the post, I deal with my emotions in a relativly effective way. The way I do it, is if I am feeling angry, sad, worried, guilty, or any kind of irregular or destructive emotion, I take 1 minute, and I sit down, close my eyes and kind of look at my thoughts without, or with as little emotion as possible. As soon as I do this, I see how small a deal whatever is causing these emotions is. Strangely enough, if you seperate your mind from your emotions for an extended period of time (5-10 minutes maybe?) it is a very relaxing and refreshing experience.
How do you deal with stressful emotions?
-Binary...It's digitalicious!!
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Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Binary...It's digitalicious!!"?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I will post some comments after I get over the shock of seeing TWO posts in one day ;-)
Posted by
Rushan |
December 06, 2005 11:41 PM
Will, you sound a lot like me at one point. I tried the whole you know, seperate yourself from your emotions, don't let emotions rules your life kinda thing.
I realized that it doesn't work and what's more, you become an incompassionate person. I hated myself for who I was back then. Now, that's not to say let your emotions dictate everything you do, but definitely don't cut it out altogether.
P.S. I'm also overwhelmed with your posts! Two in one day! Overload alert!
Posted by
Charlie |
December 07, 2005 12:55 AM
Will, I deal with feelings of anger etc. in a very similar way to you (I think you knew that anyway, but what the heck)...I tend to sit down down, and reflect on whatever is causing these feelings and that helps put things into perspective. By the way the emotions you mention are not inherently negative - it's what we do with them or what they lead to that could be negative - anger that leads to violence against an individual would be negative, but anger at an injustice that leads to trying to change and challenge that injustice would be positive.
Goood post, Will, even if it was 2 weeks in the writing :D
Posted by
Rushan |
December 07, 2005 9:00 AM