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From: laura@l5.uucp (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: sensitivity
Message-ID: <362@l5.uucp>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 23:48:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 23:48:32 1985
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References: <14145@rochester.UUCP> <1849@uwmacc.UUCP> <1892@hao.UUCP>
Reply-To: laura@l5.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco
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In article <1892@hao.UUCP> woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) writes:
>I don't think anyone really wants to say that you can decide not to feel
>depressed and suddenly *poof* you feel good. It doesn't work that way. If it
>did, why would anyone choose to feel bad? They wouldn't, of course. 
>Conclusion? No one has instant full control over their feelings, but I think
>we DO have a choice in how we *react* to our feelings which in turn does
>have *some* influence over how we feel.

I don't know how to get an instant *poof*, but there are a lot of people
who could feel a lot less depressed/angry/worried/whatever if they would
work at it.  A great many people do not figure out *why* they are feeling
what they are feeling. It is a case of ``I have a feeling and that's it''.
This is really limiting.



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Laura Creighton		
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