[quote=Lenny;1173257]It is my experience cypher that the source of all feelings good and bad is between my ears. When I lay an opinion of me onto the shoulders of another I am just procrastinating again about the real issues.

I agree, to an extent. I also believe, however, that feelings exist between people, feelings that originate in the relationship itself. So while it is true that my good and bad feelings are "between my ears", I also believe that they extend beyond my head into my relationships with others, and vice-versa.

The "real issue" here is that I am down and depressed and I let my mother get to me and I feel like a hurt little kid again like I usually do when we talk. My own fault, I know, I know. I'm definitely not a child anymore and I hate it when I feel like one in relation to my parents. Yet another issue I need to work on. Sigh.