[lit-ideas] Re: Tune in and turn off
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:47:21 -0700 (PDT)
--- Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For Omar, talking about feelings is like talking
> about hunger. Does talking about hunger water down
> hunger?
*No, but I don't think that emotions and bodily
sensations are the same thing, though they can be
lumped together as 'feelings.'
There is a school of thought that says one
> can control one's feelings by addressing the
> underlying unconscious thought process. But
> emotions are beyond logic or reason.
*As such, yes, but it is possible to rationalize them
by talking about them constantly. That is the idea of
psychotherapy. My point is that there is a danger of
losing the emotion by constantly analyzing it,
discussing it, expressing it verbally etc.
O.K.
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