 easy to CHOOSE your emotions?
I hate how people make it sound so easy to "Choose" not to let others comments or actions bother you. Maybe I am naive, but people make it sound like, for example, if someone dies in your family you can choose not to be sad about it...Thats how ridiculous the whole concept sounds to me. People have always beat me up over getting upset easily, which i cant stand about myself, or getting my feelings hurt easily. I know you have to choose your emotions, but how easy is it,really? If someone is sarcastic toward me, it hurts me for quite a while even though I tell myself not to take it personally. I guess I am not figuring out the correct way to choose to not get angry easily, take things personally, or get hurt the way I do. |