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why talking about your emotions helps - 6/30/2007 1:18:28 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		Interesting article:

http://www.livescience.com/health/070629_naming_emotions.html

The title is all wrong though.  It's not about explaining why meditation works; that's just a possible consequence of the research.  It's about why people who consciously articulate their emotions seem to be more in control of them.
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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 6/30/2007 3:00:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		The problem here is that the nitwits who commit what is called low level crime or general social mayhem cant "articulate" anything.

Those that can, generally speaking, dont cause many problems anyway. Some might steal your pension or your savings but I mean to say lets not be judgmental. Eh ?

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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 6/30/2007 3:19:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		when i fought panic attacks years ago, i would literally visualize a big bad scary thing as the panic, and visualize a huge stop sign to make it stop.

i had some therapy and some meds to help me through it also, but now that i no longer use meds, the taking my self out of the moment and using the visualizations in my mind still helps me control the anxiety when it creeps up......

when i tried to fight it, and tuck it away, it devastated me.....when i took ownership of it, and made a decision to fight it, it slowly went away.  i still use that stop sign in my mind to stop anger and hurt too. 

i dont know if this qualifies as meditation, but just closing my eyes and saying to me-can you change the situation and finding the answer to be no.....then changing my reaction to the situation instead, has made me so content that some days it scares me.

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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 7/2/2007 2:03:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, knowing and naming the sources of anxiety and fear let you gain
control and over your emotions and regain your self-confidence.

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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 7/2/2007 2:51:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Interesting article; though I agree that it's not about meditation per se. Meditation can help to 'calm and center' a person; but putting a label on the negative emotions and facing them is what helps to control them. Much the same with any emotion; if you face it for what it is; you can then accept it.

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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 7/2/2007 6:16:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I’ve done something like that, and found it has come in very handy; especially when dealing with reflex responses, which aren’t always accurate. Also, I think it has helped to deter some of those kinds of responses.
 
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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 7/3/2007 7:25:20 AM   
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RE: why talking about your emotions helps - 7/5/2007 2:57:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very interesting article, thanks for sharing it.

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