Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!rochester!ritcv!abh6509 From: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (Hudson) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Feelings & interpretations Message-ID: <9208@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Jan-86 03:49:10 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.9208 Posted: Wed Jan 1 03:49:10 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jan-86 04:40:27 EST References: <14145@rochester.UUCP> <1849@uwmacc.UUCP> <1892@hao.UUCP> <362@l5.uucp> Reply-To: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (Andrew) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 30 In article <362@l5.uucp> laura@l5.UUCP (Laura Creighton) writes: >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. >-- >Laura Creighton Lets go back to Psychology 101 and remember: emotions and feelings are composed of two necessary parts: 1 - the stimulus, and 2 - the interpretation. There have been many times when I thought I was depressed and then realized that the stimulus was; pain killer medication, onset of flu, general lack of sleep. You can't always do something about the stimulus but knowing what you're really up against (know thyself) CAN make a difference in interpreting what you are truly feeling. In all of these cases the realization of the actual stimulus completely changed my mood. A. Hudson