Feelings Of Elation - Articles
Auction Exhaustion and Elation
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Leslie W.
I am thrilled to let everyone know that our school's auction cleared nearly $16,000 total in one night! We were so excited--we were hoping for about 50% of all our donation totals and we did just that (pretty impressive given the sluggish economy.) We had more people than ever attend the auction and bbq supper. It was amazing to see all the peopl ...
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Emotional.....
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Pamela B.
We have had our black and white doggy Jax, for 6 1/2 years. He's been a good dog. We've nursed him through parvo, and he has been a fierce protector of our kids. Well, as he has gotten older he has gotten more aggressive. He loves us and would do anything to protect his family, but there is something off with him lately. The last two days he h ...
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Feeling Real Emotions
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Jaymee ..
My baby sister is getting married!!!!! I could not be happier she is so incredibly happy. J is an awesome guy and he loves her like she deserves to be loved. They are adorable together, and balance each other perfectly. They are just so cute and happy and all is just so wonderful in their world._____________________________________________________ ...
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Invalidation of Feelings as Emotional Abuse
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Susan
This is the first in a many part series on Emotional Abuse
“Can you close the window? I’m cold”
“You can’t be cold.”
“Gerry’s late again and it makes me angry.”
“Oh chill out, there’s nothing to be angry about.”
“My dog died and I feel very upset about it.”
“It’s just an animal, get over it!”
“I don’t like [...]
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Emotional Eating: Feeding Your Feelings
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Jill K.
... d be steak or pizza, when you are sad it could be ice cream or candy and when you are bored it could be potato chips. Food does more that fill our stomachs. It also satisfies feelings and when you feed those feelings with comport food when you you are not even hunger and your stomach is not growling that is "Emotional Eating" I was very guilty of b ...
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learning to feel those hard emotions
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Diana
... again because its happened so many times already. I think to myself, what if I don't like that Diana who knows how to feel those emotions? What if I don't like feeling those feelings. I remember some of that terrible hurt, I don't want to feel that again. I remember keeping secrets. I don't want to feel that again. I've realized I'm good at fakin ...
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Emotions – The How To
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Abigail S.
So, by now, you’re probably fully aware of the fact that you need to be feeling emotions rather than suppressing them. I can hear you saying, ENOUGH already about why, tell me how!
If you’re drowning in emotions and feeling uncomfortable or still not sure how to access emotions at all, then this post is for [...]
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emotions are expected
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Dr. Johanna Marie McShane
... to accept that emotions are continuously and naturally generated, we can stop "pathologizing" the experience (and consequently stop berating ourselves as failures for having feelings). As usual, the first step in the process is to simply allow the idea to exist- trying to not push it away instantly and calling it ridiculous and/or impossible. So: ...
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EMOTIONS – STRANGE BEDFELLOWS?
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Dr. Edward Leyton
Typically, in this society emotions take a back seat to our rational selves. We pride ourselves on reason and logic, and our ability to manage day-to-day problems using both of these latter characteristics. But some would argue, and I would agree with them, that giving our emotions a back seat to logic and reason can be stultifying and even dange ...
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