Comments on: Working Through Negative Emotions (Part 2) http://jim1537.com/blog/working-through-negative-emotions-part-2/ Practical Guidance for the Inner You Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:27:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dorothy http://jim1537.com/blog/working-through-negative-emotions-part-2/#comment-111 Dorothy Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:50:32 +0000 http://jim1537.com/blog/working-through-negative-emotions-part-2/#comment-111 I would like to share this experience regarding the 6 powerful pointers "countering hopelessness" highlighted above: In one of the darkest times in my life of deep depression & utter hopelessness (I had been romantically frustrated, rejected by family, had no meaningful friends, was financially strapped, felt ugly for years & was being harassed at work) - I watched a profound (for me)documentary on TV: The documentary explored the sexual life, experiences & desires of disabled people – In watching the interviews of many left in nursing homes, with no limbs, some grotesquely disfigured, contorted & shrivelled discussing physical attraction & sexual desires like any other member of the human race, jolted me out of my bubble world. To top, there were those who happily discussed (stuttered amongst drool & convulsion) in all detail the thrill of their sex life & their lover’s touch. In a very intense 20 minutes I could see my blessings – oh so clearly!! I cried on my knees with the most intense sincere feeling of gratitude for the gifts I have and for where I was in my life, troubles and all!!! The following quote by Marilyn vos Savant resonated with me…“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” …I think it is paramount to realise that the parallel “Feeling hopeless is often a temporary condition....” is indeed true to life. TY I would like to share this experience regarding the 6 powerful pointers “countering hopelessness” highlighted above:

In one of the darkest times in my life of deep depression & utter hopelessness (I had been romantically frustrated, rejected by family, had no meaningful friends, was financially strapped, felt ugly for years & was being harassed at work) - I watched a profound (for me)documentary on TV:
The documentary explored the sexual life, experiences & desires of disabled people – In watching the interviews of many left in nursing homes, with no limbs, some grotesquely disfigured, contorted & shrivelled discussing physical attraction & sexual desires like any other member of the human race, jolted me out of my bubble world. To top, there were those who happily discussed (stuttered amongst drool & convulsion) in all detail the thrill of their sex life & their lover’s touch.
In a very intense 20 minutes I could see my blessings – oh so clearly!! I cried on my knees with the most intense sincere feeling of gratitude for the gifts I have and for where I was in my life, troubles and all!!!

The following quote by Marilyn vos Savant resonated with me…“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” …I think it is paramount to realise that the parallel “Feeling hopeless is often a temporary condition….” is indeed true to life.

TY

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