Can someone really ‘make you feel’ bad?
Someone says some harsh words to me. Immediately, I feel bad. The causal link seems so easy to see – they ‘made me feel’ bad. But is it really that simple? I go to see my family and they are …
Month: February 2014
Looking more closely at ‘Can’t’
Let’s suppose I’m really scared about that presentation at the team meeting. When discussing my difficulties with making the presentation it’s tempting to say “I can’t do it, I just can’t…” My performance at the meeting may be a source of …
Beginning to Talk about Feelings
Feelings are natural reactions. Just like hunger or thirst, if we didn’t need them our bodies wouldn’t do all the physical/hormonal parts so effectively, consistently or universally. Like hunger or thirst, our feelings are offering us information. Think of this …
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Depression – a very personal weight
What happened to your old energy? The energy that moved you through the day. The energy that made things easy, and stopped things ‘just piling up’. What happened to the days that left you with an appetite, the days which …
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