Posted by Dinah on July 20, 2005, at 17:25:02
In reply to Upset and okay » Dinah, posted by littleone on July 20, 2005, at 16:02:47
Well, I'm still not absolutely sure why upset isn't a feeling. I guess I understand that ok is a condition, not a feeling. Although I spent countless sessions going round and round. "But I *feel* ok. So ok must be a feeling."
But my ability to name my feelings is so much greater now that I rarely use "upset" unless I don't wish to be more specific. It's surprising how much that little change matters in life. Because upset doesn't give you a whole lot of information about what you need to do to make things better. But in identifying more specific feelings it helps give you a roadmap to what's wrong.
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