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Sadness is my boyfirend
« on: October 12, 2014, 05:08:13 pm »
Oh sadness, I'm your girl.


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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2014, 05:09:04 pm »
Didn't you start this thread once before?
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2014, 05:11:15 pm »
Oh c'mon...
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2014, 05:15:38 pm »
Didn't you start this thread once before?

Probably.  It's a really good song.

Oh c'mon...

All relationships have their ups and downs.

Emotions are important human experiences (duh).  But what even are emotions?  There are huge long books written on the subject, based on complicated research I'll never understand.  But they always point to emotions being composed of several processes.  Physiological, mental.  Conscious and unconscious.  No single emotion, like sadness, is one consistent "thing".  They're sometimes strikingly familiar, but never the same twice.

It's important to note that we're not our emotions.  How could we be, if they're not even a consistent, solid thing?  And we don't have to be so affected by our emotions.  They're experiences that have roots in our bodies and minds.  So we lend them life, in a way.  Sometimes it's unavoidable.  Being human, existing as we do.  Emotions will happen.  But it's possible to investigate these emotions.  Try to discover what makes them come about, what happens once they're here, and what sort of relationship we have with them.
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2014, 05:28:10 pm »
The emotions are mostly a physiological response that should technically have some helpful function. Responding to a given stimuli with sadness or anger or fear should help you in some way from an evolutionary biology perspective. When those responses get out of whack is when problems arise, of course.

So I think recognizing the emotions as a sort of "emergency quick-response" from your body and processing them as such definitely helps manage them. And you can learn a fuck-ton about yourself from how you respond to a given situation.

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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2014, 05:32:35 pm »
The emotions are mostly a physiological response that should technically have some helpful function. Responding to a given stimuli with sadness or anger or fear should help you in some way from an evolutionary biology perspective. When those responses get out of whack is when problems arise, of course.

So I think recognizing the emotions as a sort of "emergency quick-response" from your body and processing them as such definitely helps manage them. And you can learn a fuck-ton about yourself from how you respond to a given situation.

Of course.  In many instances, there is actually a moment of decision when it comes to the emotional experience.  It always seems like a knee-jerk reaction that just happens, but if you're quiet and calm you might notice the instant of choice.

That's what I'm told by people wiser than me, anyway.

Be like the tiger.  Silently perceiving, sizing up the situation.  Making the slow decision to carefully act when the time is right.  Peel back those layers of thoughts.  Consider the stories you tell yourself, why you tell them, how they affect you.  Be gentle, and think honestly.  This is no time for shame.
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2014, 05:34:38 pm »
I don't understand. Is this where we shitpost then? I never have been on Half Baked. Ever.

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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2014, 05:35:06 pm »
The emotions are mostly a physiological response that should technically have some helpful function. Responding to a given stimuli with sadness or anger or fear should help you in some way from an evolutionary biology perspective. When those responses get out of whack is when problems arise, of course.

So I think recognizing the emotions as a sort of "emergency quick-response" from your body and processing them as such definitely helps manage them. And you can learn a fuck-ton about yourself from how you respond to a given situation.

Of course.  In many instances, there is actually a moment of decision when it comes to the emotional experience.  It always seems like a knee-jerk reaction that just happens, but if you're quiet and calm you might notice the instant of choice.

That's what I'm told by people wiser than me, anyway.

Agreed. And the choice you make seems to be irreversible in the sense that you will sort of forever associate that event with the given emotion. You can't turn it off once you've accepted it.

Of course, there are other coping strategies past that point. But yeah. ~self-knowledge~ is great.

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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2014, 05:44:47 pm »
But it's so romantic, the relationship with sadness.  He's good to you, and you respond disdainfully.  There are fights, and sometimes they turn violent.  You kick and scream and want out, as he turns cold and apathetic.

You love one another, and you'll always find your way back into his familiar embrace.


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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2014, 05:45:18 pm »
This is water.

I'll just post this in every thread where it's relevant.

 
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2014, 05:52:34 pm »
This is water.

I'll just post this in every thread where it's relevant.

 

Is it that good?  I tried listening this time, but can't focus on it.


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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2014, 05:55:51 pm »
Here, watch this version. It has funny animations and is shorter.

 

It is that good.
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2014, 06:01:02 pm »
Sometimes I skeet on the carpet.
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2014, 06:08:23 pm »
Damn... DFW gets me everytime.
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Re: Sadness is my boyfirend
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2014, 06:14:45 pm »
Here, watch this version. It has funny animations and is shorter.

 

It is that good.

I appreciate the animations and shortness lol.  Will really try to watch later on, I promise.  Gotta start doing homework!


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