Ignorant people

Roger Wright

Brad Jennings wrote: This makes 2 such people that I know of on CP Is there a prize for guessing who the other one is?:-D Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

Roger Wright

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If I can think rationally when the time comes, I'll try something like that. Thanks for the tip! It works for a lot of people. Rage is caused by a feeling of impotence; no, not that kind - the frustration of being helpless to change the sitution. It's common in kids, because they really are powerless. Adults run things, and no matter how right they may be, the adults always win. Most people outgrow the feeling when they mature, as they learn that they really do control things to a large extent. But some people have residual anger that boils over easily as a programmed response, rather than a reasoned one. Channelling that feeling into a physically exhausting activity such as exercise helps many people with anger management challenges. Another that I find helpful is the realization that no one can control all of what happens to them, but everyone can (and should, I think) control how they choose to respond to it. That approach defines the difference between the rational and the irrational being. An irrational being lashes out, helpless, against a persecutor; a rational being plans for the day when the persecutor will (inevitably) make a mistake and the odds are in his favor. Vengeance is the Lord's, if I leave him any pieces... Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

Chris Losinger

Roger Wright wrote: the frustration of being helpless to change the sitution researchers have found that people with little control over their own lives (people in menial jobs, those stuck without jobs, etc.) have much higher levels of cortisol. cortisol is a steriodal hormone associated with long-term stress. it interferes with the immune system, dims the senses and generally messes with your body in adverse ways - over the long term. "Chronically unhappy nurses have more cold sores than others who also carry the virus. People with anxious personalities have more outbreaks of genital herpes than sunny optimists. As West Point, the students most likely to catch mononucleosis, and the ones most likely to get a severe illness from it if they do, are the ones who are most anxious and pressured by their work. Those who care for Alzheimer's patients have fewer disease-fighting T lymphocytes [...] than expected. Those who lived near Three Mile Island at the time of its accident had more cancers than expected three years later, not because they were exposed to radiation (they weren't), but because their cortisol levels had risen, reducing the response of their immune system to cancer cells." (Matt Ridley, Genome) Also, somewhere in that book (i think), it says that by merely smiling, you don't even have to mean it, you can trigger a decrease in your cortisol level. try it - it's a fantastic way to relax quickly. just smile and take a deep breath. -c

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Brad Jennings

:-D Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

Brad Jennings

Channelling that feeling into a physically exhausting activity such as exercise helps many people with anger management challenges. Maybe that's why I straightened up when my father stopped whipping me and started putting me to strenuous yard work. I hadn't thought that maybe he was trying to help me channel my anger. Well, whatever happened, I'm a pretty laid back fellow now :) Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

KaRl

Konstantin Vasserman wrote: Funny thing is the same person pissed me off last night One [^] of his messages drove me crazy It must be some kind of sport for him.

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KaRl

Brad Jennings wrote: This makes 2 such people that I know of on CP but Yes, I agree, Roger is really unbearable! :laugh:;)

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Anna Jayne Metcalfe

You mean the comment about dictors and France? I can understand the offence - it did seem more than a jibe...there was real venom there. :( Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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Anna Jayne Metcalfe

I was _un_lucky enough as a child to have a fatherwife who was always ragging mad. :~ My dad was the opposite (unless faced with beaurocracy and incompetance - guess where I get my bolshy streak from? :laugh: ) I think I've learnt a lot from the experience though - I can see past people's anger now. It's still very painful though, and probably always will be. :( Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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KaRl

That's true my national pride was hit, however it's something else which eagered me the most. IMO, the most unbearable is the twisting of History to fit political theories. It's the same process as the one used by the negationists (I call negationists the ones pretending gas chambers never existed).

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