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Has anyone ever hurt your feelings?

SphinxnihpS

SphinxnihpS

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If so, how did they do it?

Do you think it's healthy to allow others to dictate your emotions?

Do you even think controlling the emotions of other people is in any way possible?
 
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
 
Originally posted by: irishScott
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
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Really?

How did someone else hurt YOUR emotions? How did they CAUSE you to feel anything?

My question is not really about if it happens but HOW it happens?
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: irishScott
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
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Really?

How did someone else hurt YOUR emotions? How did they CAUSE you to feel anything?

My question is not really about if it happens but HOW it happens?
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Our emotions are not something that we control entirely. There are no switches to flip, no brain cells we can shut down when we want. While we choose our actions and use our memories and experience to shape what we feel, the raw material of emotion stems from our past experiences and our present circumstances. In short, humans react to what is around them. It's a chemical, psychological phenomenon that can be observed in brain scans even if the subject isn't aware.

What's the purpose of the question?
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: irishScott
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
Click to expand...

Really?

How did someone else hurt YOUR emotions? How did they CAUSE you to feel anything?

My question is not really about if it happens but HOW it happens?
Click to expand...

It's a nice thought if you are a machine, but most of us humans feel things and care for others and how they care about us.
 
I remember back in the fall of 1970 I was relaxing and minding my own business when all of a sudden my older brother startled me and I found that to be rather disturbing. As a result, my feelings were hurt. Being that I was only 10 months old at the time, I didnt take the time to determine if it was healthy to allow myself to be overcome with emotion to point of crying for my mother.

 
Yes, hurricanedh34 hurt my feelings the other day by sticking a name tag of somebody I dont really care for on my dorm's door. You can PM him in disgust. Thanks in advance!
 
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: irishScott
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
Click to expand...

Really?

How did someone else hurt YOUR emotions? How did they CAUSE you to feel anything?

My question is not really about if it happens but HOW it happens?
Click to expand...

Our emotions are not something that we control entirely. There are no switches to flip, no brain cells we can shut down when we want. While we choose our actions and use our memories and experience to shape what we feel, the raw material of emotion stems from our past experiences and our present circumstances. In short, humans react to what is around them. It's a chemical, psychological phenomenon that can be observed in brain scans even if the subject isn't aware.

What's the purpose of the question?
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The point of the question is to get people to think about the connection between their emotions as they relate to the circumstances they find themselves it, what occurs, and what if anything there is to learn from such discussions. I have certain ideas I hold, and I want to find out what others think. I do suspect I know how the average person will answer the question and how some certain people will react to it. It is the responses I can not predict which I am interested in. It is the conversation I am interested in; the point counter-point, revision, rethinking, honing, and adjusting which tickle my fancy. When you look into the beast...
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I remember back in the fall of 1970 I was relaxing and minding my own business when all of a sudden my older brother startled me and I found that to be rather disturbing. As a result, my feelings were hurt. Being that I was only 10 months old at the time, I didnt take the time to determine if it was healthy to allow myself to be overcome with emotion to point of crying for my mother.
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Despite the fact that you probably feel like you are being witty with this attack of my question, you did raise a very important point.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: irishScott
WTF? Anyone who hasn't had their feelings hurt at some point in their life is either lying or has some severe psychological disorder.
Click to expand...

Really?

How did someone else hurt YOUR emotions? How did they CAUSE you to feel anything?

My question is not really about if it happens but HOW it happens?
Click to expand...

Our emotions are not something that we control entirely. There are no switches to flip, no brain cells we can shut down when we want. While we choose our actions and use our memories and experience to shape what we feel, the raw material of emotion stems from our past experiences and our present circumstances. In short, humans react to what is around them. It's a chemical, psychological phenomenon that can be observed in brain scans even if the subject isn't aware.

What's the purpose of the question?
Click to expand...

The point of the question is to get people to think about the connection between their emotions as they relate to the circumstances they find themselves it, what occurs, and what if anything there is to learn from such discussions. I have certain ideas I hold, and I want to find out what others think. I do suspect I know how the average person will answer the question and how some certain people will react to it. It is the responses I can not predict which I am interested in. It is the conversation I am interested in; the point counter-point, revision, rethinking, honing, and adjusting which tickle my fancy. When you look into the beast...
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I know what you are trying to pursue. I have been to some personal growth seminars that explore these ideas and if you really want to pursue it I would suggest something like this seminar. We spent a lot of time looking at people's "victim" mentality where it was always someone else making them feel bad, or causing their problems, when in fact we have to take ownership for how we are reacting to the world around us.
 
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