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For you, what is the most difficult emotion to deal with? Anger, grief, guilt, shame, anguish, gratitude, euphoria, attachment, dependence? Feel free to suggest other(s) that you find difficult.
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Discussion Overview
The thread explores various difficult emotions that individuals face, including guilt, gratitude, despair, and feelings of unintentionally hurting others. Participants share personal experiences and perspectives on these emotions, discussing their challenges and implications.
Discussion Character
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Main Points Raised
- Some participants identify guilt as the most difficult emotion to manage, while others mention gratitude as challenging.
- Despair and depression are noted as increasingly common feelings in society, linked to a perceived loss of control.
- Several participants express concern about the emotional impact of unintentionally hurting others, questioning if there is a specific term for this feeling.
- Feelings of superiority are mentioned as problematic for some individuals.
- Post-success depression is discussed, with one participant suggesting it may be related to a broader phenomenon of post-intensity depression.
- There is a suggestion that the emotional fallout from success can lead to feelings of depression, despite the logical expectation of happiness.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants express a range of emotions they find difficult, with no clear consensus on which emotion is the most challenging. Multiple competing views on the nature and impact of these emotions remain present throughout the discussion.
Contextual Notes
Some participants reference feelings that may overlap or be related, such as guilt and responsibility, without resolving the distinctions between them. The discussion also touches on the subjective nature of emotional experiences, which may vary widely among individuals.
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rootX
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Guilt is likely the most difficult emotion for me. I can deal with this emotion but gratitude emotion is bit hard to deal with.
Difficult:
Guilt, gratitude, shame, gratitude, euphoria
Not:
Anger, attachment, dependence, anguish
Difficult:
Guilt, gratitude, shame, gratitude, euphoria
Not:
Anger, attachment, dependence, anguish
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I think in our society, despair and depression have become more widespread. The feeling that you have lost the ability to control things in your life.
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lisab
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The feeling that you've hurt someone unintentionally...is there a name for that? That's a bad one.
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I have trouble with feelings of superiority. And for a man like me, that's a serious problem.
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rootX
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lisab said:
That's what I thought guilt would count .. so I just stated it as guilt being most difficult emotion for me.
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nucleargirl
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lethargy, laziness...
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Guilt, regret, remorse?lisab said:
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drizzle
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lisab said:
Evo said:
me said:
Haven't tried the last, but I think it'll kill me.
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Jimmy Snyder
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If it really was unintentional it's called feeling of responsibility. If it was actually intentional it's called delusional.lisab said:
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Or you could reflect on "why did I do that?"drizzle said:
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Post-success depression. (The let-down you get after the high from the success, whatever that may have been).
The only way to avoid it seems to be not to succeed at anything, but that strategy also has its problems.
The only way to avoid it seems to be not to succeed at anything, but that strategy also has its problems.
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Ivan Seeking
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AlephZero said:
I'll second that one. But I would probably generalize it to be post-intensity depression. Whenever I remain highly focused for a long period of time - weeks or months - when the pressure is finally off, I go into a deep depression for at least several days. Post-success depression is probably the worst aspect of this because you know logically that you should be happy. But for me, success or failure need not be involved for the depression to set it.
If I ever experience failure, it will be interesting to compare.
