Posted by Gabbix2 on August 28, 2005, at 23:33:29
In reply to Re: does it really? » alexandra_k, posted by gardenergirl on August 28, 2005, at 22:31:58
> >
> > Nicer to feel that one has a certain degree of control (though not complete control) over how much one allows oneself to be affected by others.
> >
> > It is too easy to rail at others for 'making us feel'.
> > Too easy to rail at others for not protecting us from our own emotional responses.
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> Hi alexandra,
> I appreciate that you are thinking deeply about this issue and trying to understand and perhaps explain.
>
> Still...
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> I feel the need to say that I absolutely own my reactions to posts which upset me. Posts do not "make me" feel anything.
>
Do you think everyone should be able to resist feeling if they are hurting or terrified of something? I'm wondering where the line is..meaning, if you were caught in a fire, should you be able to choose something other than fear because It wasn't the fire that made you feel afraid?
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