Dear Lily:

You asked me, “could you please not write to me in third person”- absolutely. I will not write to you in the 3rd person anymore.

You wrote: “This is what my therapist meant, I think, when she said that I don’t describe my feelings, but only situations and should pay more attention to my feelings”- it makes sense, because our feelings/ emotions are  necessary for us in order to understand situations, and figure how to function effectively in  situations.

In context of evolution, we humans, were emotional beings  long  before we developed logic. Animals know how to function effectively based on emotions alone. Logical thinking didn’t take us outside the animal kingdom. We are still animals.

Without paying attention and understanding our emotions in the different situations we are in, we just don’t know what is going on, and  we stumble in the dark, feeling kind of crazy.

Regarding the personal things you wrote on this thread, I don’t see how it can hurt you, how anyone can identify you, and besides not too many people read these Forums. But if you want to delete your threads, I think you can do it by clicking “Contact” above and sending a message to the owner of the site asking her to delete your threads. All our communications here will be then gone.

And when your threads are gone, there will be something else to worry about.

You wrote: “The people at my art school are  so good! And I have a different style than most”- there is only one of you. No one expresses herself just like you. Your threads are different from any other’s. I hope you don’t delete them, but I will accept it and be okay with it if you do delete.

* I will be away from the computer in about an hour or less and be back in about fifteen hours.

anita