tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post8865892348703906246..comments2023-11-02T09:05:03.031-07:00Comments on Dee's Updates: Bottling Up Emotions with regard to Health and IllnessDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16345066981389467770noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post-50830862101995028102008-03-27T08:28:00.000-07:002008-03-27T08:28:00.000-07:00You're right - it's important to continue growing ...You're right - it's important to continue growing and changing throughout your life -it is healthier in the long run. I'm just wondering why it's taken me 40+ years to get to this point!! <BR/><BR/>I'm already seeing students running around campus in flipflops, although the average temperature is still about in the mid-50s, although a glorious day in the low 60s has occurred once or twice. Still, not warm enough for me to wear sandals yet! <BR/><BR/>That also reminds me of living in Fairbanks. Around this time of year, the temperatures start climbing to around freezing after a winter that averages below zero. Even though there's snow on the ground, students wear shorts and flip flops when the temps start hitting the 30s!Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345066981389467770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post-28992281041302796802008-03-27T07:44:00.000-07:002008-03-27T07:44:00.000-07:00Hi Dee, A friend jokingly asked if the weather was...Hi Dee, A friend jokingly asked if the weather was warm enough in NC for me to take a picture of my feet in flip flops and I said no but I could take one in socks and my sandles. About the growing up thing, I turned 50 this year and I'm still changing in a lot of ways. I really think it's a life long process which is good in a way. Take care, carverCarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968919406427737503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post-12837555152556548032008-03-24T21:38:00.000-07:002008-03-24T21:38:00.000-07:00Hey Carver! I see you changed your profile picture...Hey Carver! I see you changed your profile picture! Very interesting composition - with the white flower and your foot in a sandal! Had to look at it twice to figure out what I was seeing, but it is certainly a spring-like picture! Love it!Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345066981389467770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post-89792744401752480072008-03-24T21:37:00.000-07:002008-03-24T21:37:00.000-07:00Thank you, Carver, for sharing your story with me....Thank you, Carver, for sharing your story with me. Hadn't heard that depression is repressed anger. I am finding that it is important to express anger in healthy ways and I try to do it, although I am not always successful. <BR/><BR/>This just reminds me of something someone told me last year - I told him I thought that I was finally figuring out how to be a grown-up at age 42. His reply is that he knew of a lot of 40-something-year-olds who were growing up, too! I think he meant that we're all figuring out how to be mature, healthy adults in our 40's. Makes me wonder why that's the case?Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345066981389467770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517684417601082.post-42740884764412569032008-03-24T11:53:00.000-07:002008-03-24T11:53:00.000-07:00I think it's great that you are making a conscious...I think it's great that you are making a conscious effort to be open as part of your strategy for being healthy. Someone once told me a long time ago that depression is in some cases repressed anger. I know that is somewhat simplistic and depression is complicated and can have many causes. However, something clicked in me and I found that when I am able to express anger in healthy ways I am less likely to feel depressed.Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968919406427737503noreply@blogger.com