Psychology: Your Emotions Can Put You at-Risk for Alzheimer's

Your Emotions Can Put You at-Risk for Alzheimer's

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, certified EQ Coach

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Resistance to Celebrating

Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

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Title: Resistance to Celebrating Author: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. E-mail: mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com Copyright: © 2003 by Margaret Paul Web Address: http://www.innerbonding.com Word Count: 720 Category: Emotional Healing, Relationships

RESISTANCE TO CELEBRATING Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Some people really love celebrations – birthdays, anniversaries, holidays – while other people seem to dislike them. Derek will tell you that he could go through life very nicely without celebrations. To Derek, celebrations are a bother, a nuisance. They are meaningless and commercialized, created by big business to make money. Derek does not want to fall into repparttar 126180 trap of being like everyone else.

Bonnie, Derek’s wife, is just repparttar 126181 opposite. She loves celebrations. She loves to buy just repparttar 126182 right gifts for people. She loves to celebrate people on their birthdays and anniversaries. She loves Thanksgiving, Christmas, as well as Chanukah, since she is half Jewish. To Bonnie, celebrations are times when she can express her love and appreciation for people and her gratitude for her life. Bonnie is sad that Derek doesn’t like to join her, and often feels lonely at holiday time because Derek is so resistant to celebrating.

How did Derek get this way? What causes him and others to dislike celebrations?

Derek grew up with a very controlling, invasive mother. She tried to control Derek in many areas – how he wore his hair, who he dated, how he spent his time, what courses he took in school, what major he had in college. In addition, she exerted much control over him during celebrations. Not only did he have to get her a terrific present, but whatever he got was never good enough. For Derek, celebrations were not fun at all.

Now, as an adult, Derek is in resistance to being controlled. He has transferred his anger and resistance toward his mother onto society and big business. Now it is society and big business that are trying to control him. Now, because he is an adult, he no longer has to give in as he did with his mother. Now he can resist being controlled.

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