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01bf7ed He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dullness of exhausted emotion. apathy baggage burden danger-to-self depression depressive depressive-thinking dread emotional-pain emotional-plague guilt indifferent look-for-hope look-for-jesus sad sick suicidal suicide why-the-world-needs-jesus Joseph Conrad
4b0410c What has been done to you is one thing. Yet to really suffer, to truly be burdened with guilt and shame, such pain always begins not with what has been done to you--but with what you have done. Andre Chevalier emotional-pain guilt responsibility shame Nikki Sex
f2dbbae her eyes are unfathomable to me, hostile, even, as if she had removed herself to a place where I cannot reach her - somewhere I cannot know. eating-disorder emotional-barriers emotional-disengagement emotional-distance emotional-pain mental-illness miles-away Carol Lee
441508e "Fyodor Pavlovitch was drunk when he heard of his wife's death, and the story is that he ran out into the street and began shouting with joy, raising his hands to Heaven: "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace," but others say he wept without restraint like a little child, so much so that people were sorry for him, in spite of the repulsion he inspired. It is quite possible that both versions were true, that he rejoiced at his release, and at the same time wept for her who released him." emotional-pain nostalgia Fyodor Dostoyevsky
c24cc7a After years of being taught that the way to deal with painful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn to sit with them instead, finding out from those who feel them what they have learned by sleeping in the wilderness that those who sleep in comfortable houses may never know. emotional-intelligence emotional-pain emotions emotions-quotes Barbara Brown Taylor
3a2e5fc There was another problem with Emma's father, difficult for a small child who already thought of herself as greedy - his way of trying to keep her attention, to bribe her, with gifts. On each vof her visits, he would appear with you presents, beautifully wrapped> And her confusion that she liked - and wanted - the presents, but not the man, was painful. He used 'sparkly Sellotape' and cut things into nice shapes and she wistfully writes: confusion emotional-neglect emotional-pain mixed-messages Carol Lee
c3fab66 Pain results from a judgement you have made about a thing. Remove the judgement and the pain disappears. emotional-healing emotional-health emotional-pain mental-health negative-thinking negative-thoughts negativity painful-memories painful-past Neale Donald Walsch