[TessaLynne]

The world wants us to behave as mindless drones with no emotions...but wait! There is a catch! If you do not show emotion there is something terribly wrong with you...something deep within you mind. You are broken and need medication. Wait! There is more! If you have emotions, regular healthy, not acting out emotions then there is something terribly wrong deep inside your head...you may be mentally ill and need medication. Really? My life as I have known it for 28 years has just ended and I shall never get it back! Yep, I am having all sorts of emotions right now, all sorts of thoughts. Which is correct? Drone or reality?

[optimize990h]

It depends on who has the power. Does one have the freedom to make a choice? Or do the choices are limited so that neither of them are desirable?

Please continue to post to help you express yourself and decrease your stress levels.

[Thunder Bow]

Sudden life changes will stir up all kinds of emotions.

[LovelaceF]

To me, feelings are my connection to life. I would not be able to experience the great beauty, love, joy, and wonder that I've seen without them. Yes, there are dark times too, and those are equally meaningful, though I prefer not to re-experience the great pains that I have encountered on my journey so far. I think the drones are wrong.

[TessaLynne]

Originally Posted by LovelaceF

To me, feelings are my connection to life. I would not be able to experience the great beauty, love, joy, and wonder that I've seen without them. Yes, there are dark times too, and those are equally meaningful, though I prefer not to re-experience the great pains that I have encountered on my journey so far. I think the drones are wrong.

The drones ARE wrong... emotions ARE good! I do not think highly of the drones. They are strong though and going against them is like banging your head against a brick wall. I found a chink in the mortar of their brick wall and I am going at it with a sledge hammer. They did not like me or appreciate my honesty before, wait until they hear everything in court. I have them where I want them now. Though they are showing their displeasure I am more in control now than they ever expected me to be. I hope that I can stay strong enough to get through Monday. I am terrified. What if things do not go the way they look as they will go? I cannot survive like this. My therapist is double teaming with a second therapist to help me through and for this I am most greatful. No medications as I am incredibly resistant to them (my body). My therapist also seems to have taken away all of the other diagnosis and changed it to only one...PTSD. She asked (my therapist)me if I had ever suffered any trauma...I laughed at her and said "one might say yes" She also asked about my family which on paper I had left blank.She asked if I have ever spoken about the family with anyone and I told her no. She stated quite plainly that "we will!" She is a b***h but I like her, I think she may be right. I think past trauma may be where my anger comes from to this day. She is going to ask if I have eaten, rather when the last time that I ate was and when I tell her that I ate last Sunday, and then not much she won't be happy. Besides, I ate a lot this week, I had a small bowl of cereal and milk, about 1/3 of a small baked potato and I try to have some milk each day She told me that she is obligated to hospitalize me if I become suicidal or a danger to myself or others. I do not know what I can do about this, I do not have time for a hospital stay and will only become very angry if she calls for it.

[elr0897]

To be honest, I would rather have too many emotions than no emotions at all. I believe everyone has emotions but we all show and react to them differently. The way we handle and show our emotions makes us all different and unique. You should never try to hide your feelings and emotions because that makes everything worse. Show how you're feeling, show that you're upset, and definitely show that you are happy or excited about something. Emotions and feelings make us who we are as a person. Never be afraid to be yourself!

[uhuru]

Nothing wrong with emotions. They are good and as someone correctly mentioned,the true connection with life or even life itself.
But i try to be always in control of them whether good or negative because extremes have proved costly for me in the past; being conned after being too trusty, ending up in wrong relationships due to crushes etc.. the working word for me is balance thru meditation.


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