Posted by shar on June 16, 2002, at 15:09:36
In reply to Re: The wrong impression--Beardy, posted by mair on June 15, 2002, at 9:57:53
> I don't want to pass myself off as the purveyor of darkness.
That brought a smile to my face...I feel that way at times. However, I believe a lot of darkness is reality in disguise.
Let me add another quote or two. "Your attitude determines your altitude." and, "let a smile be your umbrella."
My reaction to that whole genre of thinking is that if my brain chemicals are messed up, and I have depression as a result, I'm sort of SOL. When the depression is not too bad, I can push it to a back burner some of the time and focus on other things. But, there is a point at which no amount of pushing provides the opportunity to think my way out of it.
Like a bad toothache; when it starts you can focus out of it, but at some point, all you feel is pain.
Shar
> I don't want to pass myself off as the purveyor of darkness. I'm fine with things I know I can't control - it's the ones that I can that get to me. If we go on a trip and the car breaks down, my husband instantly assumes the "why me" mantle of Job. I roll with this type of thing far better because I know that brooding about something that you can't control will make you and everyone around you miserable.
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> I'm far less likely to overreact to "events" than to personal encounters - a look, a tone of voice, body language, a nasty remark from one of my teenage children. Those events I do overreact to are those that I think are of my own creation - like being overloaded at work, or not getting a bill paid, or a letter mailed.
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> I'm not sure how this fits into your example.
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> Mair
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