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Re: Undoing Depression » dj

Posted by Angela5 on July 23, 2000, at 16:53:56

In reply to What's to botch?, posted by dj on July 23, 2000, at 6:21:34

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I have been reading "Undoing Depression" (almost finished) and have found that almost all of it is right on target. However, the concept of "stuffing feelings" confuses me, or at least it does in the way that he explains it/I interpret it.

I always thought that it was almost the opposite - that depressives tend to feel many things more deeply than most people.

"It seems as if when you lose the ability to feel painful feelings, you also lose the ability to feel positive ones. We go through life numbed. "

In my experience, it seems like I lost the ability to feel positive feelings while retaining the ability to feel all kinds of painful ones. I don't feel numbed, I feel sad, angry, frustrated, resentful, afraid...

I don't know, maybe I'm overlooking, misinterpreting, or not recognizing something. You seem to have a pretty good grasp on these concepts, so I was hoping that you could help me to better understand how these things may interrelate.

Thanks,

Angela


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