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nowhere within the emotional feelings network of sites is any opportunity for me to make any profit from any of the 28 + sites within this network. this network of sites has been put together as a personal mission to help others by informing those who need information concerning mental health, eating disorders, lifestyle factors, and every other topic listed within.

navigational hint: all underlined link words open up a new window instead of changing your present one, taking you to another site within the emotional feelings network of sites - or to another site referencing the underlined link word!

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 It's very important that you visit the next page: keeping in touch!
Reason being: If you're here because you're searching for an answer to your feelings of dissatisfaction, unhappiness, feeling sick, or just general feelings of misery in your life - you need to find a volunteer opportunity that you feel comfortable with.
 
You can help yourself by helping others. You might not think so; but it's true. Find something you can do to help some worthy causes. "Keeping in Touch" will show you some important causes that need you!
 
Why not just click here now to get it over with! So even if you leave this site after finding some information concerning an emotion or feeling... you'll also leave with the seed of thought concerning volunteer work that might produce some results bringing you a sense of accomplishment & find yourself feeling better!

 welcome...
 
i'm really glad to see you!
 
you've found your way to
 
the emotional feelings network of sites
what was once - extremely emotional
is now
 
feeling emotional, five!
 
What was once - (5 years ago) - only
"understanding anxiety"
is now an entire network of 28 + self-help personal growth & recovery journey informational websites.

click this logo to visit anxieties 101 now!

5 years ago I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, depression & I was also experiencing an eating disorder that no one knew anything about; night eating.
 
While I was miserable in experiencing all the symptoms of post traumatic stress, an anxiety disorder & depression - which often accompanies anxiety disorders; I was overjoyed in finally finding out what was wrong with me!

all the lonely people, where do they all come from

Why would someone spend 1000's of hours designing & keeping up these websites to offer free information to others?

I have to reply - "You're absolutely right! It does take many, many hours each day to work on these sites. I'm a mother, a wife & an individual who has tons of personal work to do as well as the usual family responsibilities!
 
How would I find the time?
 
Why do I do it? I use the opportunity to combine my own recovery - personal growth journey with an important concept that I've made a commitment to:
 
"Helping yourself thru helping others..." 
 
I was so excited when after years of searching for the answer to my everyday question, "What's wrong with me?" that I felt determined to show others that if you don't quit & you know the path to take, you can find your answers as well!

what is your situation now? how are you feeling?

 
My immediate concern was "mental health." While I didn't know what was wrong with me, I did have one medical specialist tell me that my physical pain was due to a "mental problem."
 
I didn't quite understand it all, I was wallowing in many different symptoms of mental illness like panic attacks, severe anxiety & finally my eating disorder symptoms of waking up numerous times in the night to eat.
 
Just as you may have seen recently on either public service television commercials for depression or in your doctor's office waiting room; mental illness can manifest itself in physical symptoms that include many sources of discomfort. I was also experiencing the symptoms of "irritable bowel syndrome," that had started early on in my life. So I'll start with the mental health site that now exists within the network:
 

celebrate each & every small accomplishment!

 
I've reached a point in my own personal recovery & growth journey that I believe I can describe accurately most of the emotions & feelings within the emotional feelings network of sites without using any information from anyone else.
 
But since the ruination of the "extremely emotional" site - I had to stop & ask myself - remembering to be aware & mindful of what's happening in my present moment -
 
"Why did this happen to me?" (the unreasonable ruin of my site, of course!) 
 
or - Choosing to seek a positive return for a negative energy passing my way - what would the positive ramifications be of having to go through every single page of a network of 28+ sites to delete the links to my ruined site?
 
Geez... now that I think of it... I've asked myself that question quite a few times before... "Why did this happen to me?" & I searched & searched for an answer, wasting time & positive energy on something very simple... Life is what's happening. Just look to find the positive about it instead of the negative
 
This is what I am looking for now in all aspects of my life. I'm looking for the "positive" reasons things happen. I remember what I've learned from my past to be prepared to have to confront negativities with my re-gained "power & control" on my side now instead of the enemy; but I choose now to look upon the face of countenance instead of upheaval.
 
After pondering a few days on this subject, while going through every page of the emotional feelings site - here - to unlink all the emotion & feelings words "s" thru the end of the alphabet - I realized something magnificent.
 
"This is my opportunity to take the time to check ALL linked words to be sure they're being directed to the correct places. This is my opportunity to re-check spelling & grammar. This is my opportunity to try to express in my own words - the most meaningful knowledge I've recently acquired!
 
I'll write what I've learned about the whole cake, almost 6 years of growth - not just reveal a the first piece of the cake! - I still offer other author's works to explain situational inferences to emotions & feelings!
 
I'll try to the best of my ability to explain the importance of every emotion & feeling. I'm honored you chose the emotional feelings network of sites to visit!
 
kathleen

 Important notice:
 
Please be patient! I thank you for your visit to the site and I apologize for any inconvenience if your emotion or feeling isn't available at this time!! 
 
With the unfortunate, untimely and mostly unexpected deletion of my extremely emotional site - it's been difficult to delete all the links from that site throughout 28+ sites - then the construction of this site in replacement of the deleted site - then re-establishing the underlined work links throughout 28+ sites!!! it's been quite a job!
 
As you can see... this replacement site is going up as fast as I can possibly work it! Thank you again for your patience and please stop by daily to see if the emotion or feeling you were searching for has been posted!
 
kathleen

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welcome! to feeling emotional, 5!
 
after looking things over here at feeling emotional, 5, try out "the layer down under," (part of the emotional feelings network of sites) & read a special "i just gotta say it" column concerning porn addiction by clicking here! Be sure to scroll down towards the bottom of the right hand column to find it!
 
another important suggestion... visit the network's homepage to learn more about the features included within the emotional feelings network of sites!

Read my column that changes every month`
click on this message to go to the homepage!
I just gotta say it! It's on the homepage!

 develop empathy
 
click here!  Bob Woodruff: Turning Personal Injury Into Public Inquiry click here!
 
I was personally very touched by this inspiring story as I watched it on television last night (2/27/07); especially after I experienced a life altering injury which took me 2 years to recover from.
 
What I want to ask you is...
If you can't help out with the helmets, below for our military men, can you volunteer or help our returning soldiers who are recovering with extreme traumatic brain injury?
 
Here are some links!
Check them out, I know that my family will be searching for a way we can help! Remember that those experiencing a traumatic injury can easily develop mental health problems.
 
 
 

What is Operation Helmet?

Founded in 2003 by Dr. Robert H. Meaders whose grandson is an active duty Marine in Iraq, Operation Helmet is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing safer helmet pad upgrade kits to the troops in Iraq & Afghanistan. To date, more than 6,000 kits have been shipped to the troops in the field.

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click on the helmet to see how you can help!
click the helmet to go to their website & pledge!

How this site works best for you!
 
You'll notice that there are many underlined link words in each article below. The reason for this is that you have reached not only, "emotional feelings, the home site," but the emotional feelings network of sites. There are many sites included within the network that'll be visited by clicking on these underlined link words.
 
The reason for this opportunity is very simple & yet you may be unnerved by all those underlined words! I've been in recovery from post traumatic stress disorder, depression & many other dysfunctional ventures & thru it all I've discovered that emotion & feeling work may be the missing link that many people miss when trying to find solutions to their problems.
 
Developing a sense of curiosity about why you feel the way you do, is essential in finding the solution you so desperately are searching for.
 
If you can't find what you came here looking for, visit the homepage for the emotional feelings network of sites by clicking above & read the options on the homepage for the networks index of sites. Try to be specific when looking for an emotion or feeling word & click on the site you need!
 
It's very simple & very interesting to follow your way thru the layers of your buried or stuffed emotions & feelings that have accumulated throughout the years!
 
when you've reached this point, or this website, you know you're making progress!!!! this part gets difficult because now is the time to look within & become emotionally honest with yourself!!!
 
Best of luck & if you're still stuck, send me an e-mail anytime, by clicking here & I'll be glad to send you an immediate personal response!
 
Sincerely,
Kathleen

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Different New-Year's Resolution - Pass-It-Forward
By Nisandeh Neta
 
Every 12 months, as the New Year rolls around, we all brag about our New Year's Resolutions. With inflated chests and with all the authority we can muster, we announce to any and every available ear, that we're going to lose weight, stop drinking and smoking so much, as well as spend more time with our family, in addition to investing more time down at the gym.

Mostly our vision extends no further than our own noses.

To add insult to injury, we usually don't follow through on our "Me Orientated" resolutions and goals. In a matter of months, and sometimes even weeks, we've forgotten all about our "new improved" character, which results in feelings of frustration and failure.

Most 'experts' tell us not to elevate our expectations too high. On the other hand, perhaps we fail because we don't set out goals high enough.

What if we looked outward instead of inward when making our declarations? Would we then be able to complete a year feeling satisfied rather than contemptuous about ourselves?

I'd like to take a risk and suggest one resolution that might last a year, or, maybe even, a lifetime. A resolution that makes you feel good about yourself whilst simultaneously including others.

It's not my idea so I don't want to take any credit for it. In fact, the idea originated from a movie called 'Pay It Forward' directed by Mimi Leder.

If there's one video you need to see this year - then this is the one.

The idea is simple.
You do something good for other people.
These people cannot 'repay' you...
They are encouraged to pay-it-forward.
In turn, doing something good for someone else.
And so on and so forth.

The mathematics is simple.  If I'll do something constructive for 3 people and these 3 people in turn do something for 3 other people (each) - we have already impacted 9 people in total.
 
These 9 people will make a difference in 27 people's life, which in their turn will touch 81 people's hearts...

See how fast it grows?

Until today, this simple mathematical principle was abused through multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes.

This year, you can use the same principle to make the world a better place.

Of course, there will be those people that break the chain. However, others still, will reach out and touch more people than you could possibly imagine.
Just open your heart and give...
 
Trust in the goodness of man and allow yourself to be overwhelmed.

There are many ways to touch people's heart. An action, a hug, a word, a smile.

Make it your resolution this year, and remember:

It takes ONE NATION to make a difference in this WORLD.

It takes ONE COMMUNITY to make a difference in this NATION.

It takes ONE FAMILY to make a difference in this COMMUNITY.

It takes ONE PERSON to make a difference in this FAMILY.

You are the ONE!

Go ahead and make someone's day. See how it makes YOU feel.
Then when they smile back and thank you, ask them to pass it forward...

Author's Bio:
Article by Nisandeh Neta - author, trainer and success coach. Start living each day at a higher level of success, passion and fulfillment. No Hocus Pocus! Just awareness and open mind. Learn how, on his site http://www.nisandeh.com Or go to http://www.inspiration2go.com to get his newsletter and a BONUS - inspirational e-book.
 
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Job Dissatisfactions Could Be Insignificant To Your Career Contentment.
By Jeff Garton
 

This article reveals how it’s possible to recognize your career contentment even in situations where you are not happy or entirely satisfied. More importantly, it explains why it’s beneficial for you to do so, and even easier than attempting to be happy or made satisfied.

Can you imagine having feelings of contentment even though you’re not happy or entirely satisfied, or where your circumstances on the job seem hopeless? It’s entirely possible, but not everyone can imagine this happening. They ask:

  • Is career contentment possible when my boss is a jerk who drives me nuts?
  • Is it possible when I’m killing myself working ten hour days and weekends?
  • Even if my job pays peanuts and I can’t seem to meet my expenses?
  • When it seems I have no control over what my employer does or doesn’t do?

The answer is yes to all of these questions. Career contentment isn’t found or dependent on your good or bad circumstances, or what other people do or don’t do. You have to recognize it intentionally, and so it’s a matter of whether you’re willing, motivated or hopefully predisposed to recognize it.

Is your job sufficiently meaningful or worth doing all you can to keep it despite the circumstances?

Are you doing what you love and can you demonstrate it by not complaining about the dissatisfactions that are inevitable in an imperfect world?

If you’re not in the right job then maybe you’re not motivated enough to recognize your contentment. However, you still can, and it’s beneficial if you do. Contentment is recognizable in any situation you choose to recognize it.

How is this possible? By avoiding “either/or” thinking and not expecting everything to always be perfect or to go your way. Instead, you reason to recognize the acceptable middle ground and thereby avoid the hazardous emotions that create problems for you and the people who come in contact with you.

I’m not saying it’s easy to do this, but technically, it’s entirely possible and also beneficial to your emotions and performance effectiveness. Contrary to what you might think, you do not live in response to your good or bad circumstances, but in response to your emotions caused by what you think about your circumstances. You act on your emotions, and this is something coaches, leaders and sales people rely upon. They inspire the emotions that get you moving, and you can do this yourself.

All things are meaningless until you react, and your reaction is caused by what you think or the meaning you assign to whatever happens. Bosses are insignificant until you classify them as jerks or as driving you nuts. Work hours are insignificant until you classify them as long or as killing you.

Your pay is likewise insignificant until you classify it as peanuts or inadequate. Your emotions in response to these thoughts include anger, fear, frustration, envy or perhaps jealousy and it causes you to get upset, complain, be argumentative or even quit, plus you have the biological effects of job stress and burnout while you’re dealing with the issues, and sometimes long afterwards.

Alternatively, you could say your boss, work hours and pay are all fortunately not as bad as they could be, you’ve handled such challenges before and came out okay, or that it’s just a matter of time before things begin to improve like they always do.

Your emotions in response to these more favorable thoughts might be to forgive, forget and to be more tolerable, plus you have the biological benefits of stress resistance. Minimally, you’re always working from a stronger foundation, rather than depending on things and others over which you have no control.

In both the bad and good scenarios, the reactions were caused by the meanings you assigned to an otherwise meaningless situation. The benefits of intentionally managing your thoughts to produce favorable emotions and actions are obvious.

However, it’s easier just to react, suffer the ill effects of bad emotions or the lack of emotional control, and to go on complaining about the situation and thereby further compounding your difficulties and poor health. Why not blame somebody else, when actually it was the meaning you assigned to the situation that caused the problem to begin with.

Perhaps you’re thinking, what if the other person or the event actually was the problem rather than how you reacted to it? Certainly there are times when other people do things that cause you to feel bad or get angry. They behave badly, forget things, don’t honor their commitments, or do things they know will harm or upset you. Then what?

Before you know how to react your mind still needs to process what happened which means you still have to assign a meaning to the situation. Whether your reaction is automatic or intentional depends on what you want the outcome to be. For instance, if you want to address the situation calmly as a responsible adult, you might assign a more tolerable meaning so you can react calmly.

If you don’t want to care about the situation, you might assign a neutral meaning and then react nonchalantly or do nothing. If you want your anger to come forth as a demonstration of your disgust, you might want to assign a horrible meaning so you can fly off in a rage and have a good reason to sustain your anger for as long as you like.

Alternatively, you can play roulette with your emotions and do whatever moves you, and then deal with any consequences.

If you’ve got a brain and the ability to reason, it doesn’t matter what your circumstances are, even tragic or catastrophic. You always have the option to reason and recognize your contentment, and the key to maintaining your contentment is developing the willingness or predisposition to recognize the acceptable middle ground rather than allowing yourself to experience the emotional roller coaster rides that life and career offer.

Unfortunately, we haven’t done a very good job teaching you how to do this on the job, even though supervisors expect you to do so at the risk of being evaluated as emotional, immature, out of control or high maintenance.

One of the greatest challenges you’ll have attempting to recognize your contentment is the fact your brain works so fast. The thoughts that cause your negative reactions can occur faster than you can blink, and many times you may not even realize you had the thought.

The key is paying attention to how you feel. Your emotions provide clues to what you were thinking, and if you feel sad, blue or angry, you need to pause and give yourself the benefit of a second better thought before the first gets you into hot water.

Try watching the TV news for people’s reactions to their good or bad circumstances. Their response determines what they do next, the effectiveness of their actions to address their situation, and also how others react towards them. It all begins with the initial meanings they assign to their situation.

A person with a predisposition to recognize their contentment will appear calm and resilient. They tend to think clearly and will be able to make decisions and choices with greater ease than a person who lacks this state of mind. They seem frustrated or less tolerant, tend not to think clearly, often react inconsistently, and are not always certain what they want or what to do.

It’s a person’s initial reaction to their circumstances that makes breaking news and reality TV so popular. We want to see what they do and imagine how we might react in the same situation.

Don’t mistake contentment for being laid back or settling for less. It provides a more solid foundation to everything you do. It’s a peaceful and resilient state of mind that enables you to think clearly, roll with the punches, get along, see things through, span the peaks and valleys, and get things done despite the inevitable challenges and disappointments that occur anytime you are expected to work with, for or through other people.

In fact, it’s when you lack this state of mind that you find yourself in regrettable situations of lacking emotional control, resiliency and resolve, and therefore being neglected, avoided or taken advantage of.

Contentment is a good thing without which your life would be miserable because complete satisfaction is never possible. In fact, before the end of day tomorrow you’re likely to confront one or more challenges never anticipated.

It might be a change of bosses, work hours or pay and benefits, and you will realize the only thing you truly have control over in this world is your ability to reason. When you’re able to master reasoning abilities by always recognizing the acceptable middle ground, your life and career will improve dramatically.

If after reading this article you’re still wondering whether it’s possible for you to be content even if not happy or entirely satisfied, consider how you were created to function: You think first, feel second, and then you take action based on how you feel. Otherwise you act without thinking or your emotions get in the way and you get the wrong results, no results and upset yourself and others.

Here’s the fun part. Because thinking always comes before feeling, you can improve how you feel and the effectiveness of what you do by changing how you think. For instance, you can think to feel rich without owning a dime. Empires have been built starting from nothing but just this one contented feeling. So maybe what you do is use more of your imagination to feel content whenever you like rather than allowing others the power to make you satisfied or dissatisfied.

We pride ourselves on explaining employment and career like never before. To learn more and download a free audio on this topic please visit our website and while there join the campaign to retire job dissatisfaction.


Author's Bio: Jeff Garton is a career coach, author and host of “Career Contentment Radio” on http://www.VoiceAmerica.com. His background includes a career in HR with the Philip Morris companies and he now leads the worldwide Campaign To Retire Job Dissatisfaction. For more information, and to join the campaign, visit: http://www.careercontentment.com.

 
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Growth from Discontent ... Life's way of giving you a little push.
By Edward B. Toupin
 
That strange, gut-wrenching feeling you have is not the sushi you had for lunch. It's your soul trying to give you a nudge to do something. A word for that feeling is "discontent." Discontent is a state of not being satisfied or fulfilled in your current situation.

Of course, this same feeling can apply to a hundred different situations, from a work-related issue to a personal issue at home. But, the resulting meaning is still the same: "make a change." Some people listen to that feeling and change their life in such a way as to eliminate that feeling. However, some people that fall into discontent, but tend to remain in that situation as they find it a place of "same-ness" and "safety."
 
Souler Greenhouse
 
Discontent is actually a "souler greenhouse" of change. It is the first warnings you receive that things are not what they should be and that a change is required to correct the situation.
 
Discontent comes when there is juxtaposition between needs and desires. Usually, you're pursuing a need, achieve it, and then continue to pursue the ideals of the same need. This occurs because you don't know what to do once you reach the objective. However, once you achieve a need, you need to move on to the next pursuit.

Many people find that discontent for a given situation is acceptable. For instance, discontent with your work might feel acceptable because you have to make money and care for your family. In this way, you learn to overcome the discontent by accepting the obligations.
However, while this may work, it is not necessarily the route to take. Indeed, you might need the job, but this feeling is calling for an evaluation as some aspect of the situation needs attention.

Discontent can provide you with either a reason to stay right where you are or a fertile environment from which to move forward. While it does provide a way for the Universe to bring attention to a situation, we sometimes become so accustomed to the feeling that it becomes part of our life. In such a case, if we adapt and the discontented feeling is resolved, we will miss it.

Growth

Growth from discontent is an amazing change. Again, comparing to the greenhouse, it can either smother you, or help you grow. However, change from discontent is something that you have to execute consciously, because discontent can also provide you with a safety zone.
 
By accepting discontent in one part of your life, it can spread into other areas of your life. You can become satisfied with the feeling because it becomes familiar. However, you end up working on parts of your life in hopes of resolving the feeling when you find that, once that part of your life has changed, you still feel the same.

Growth occurs because you feel a push, or pull, to move in a direction. The objective is to obtain a balance such that the discontent disappears. Once you achieve the necessary change, you will be able to leave the discontented feelings behind you.
 
Focus on the situation that makes you feel the discontent, not on other issues that may, or may not, make you feel better. The contented feeling from "doing busy work" or fixing something that isn't broken is fleeting, unless you tackle the core issue.

The growth comes in once you embrace the change. When you move from an area of the familiar, you must learn something new or different to adapt to the unfamiliar. However, in this transition, you are putting your life back in balance and moving forward, which eliminates those feelings of discontent.

What's next?

Don't let discontent drag you down! Listen to your gut! It will always tell you when change is necessary. It might be a simple gnawing feeling or a twisted knot. In either case, be honest with yourself and trust that feeling. Discontent is the universe's way of telling you that a change is necessary within yourself to resolve the situation. It is there to warn you of situations and guide you when things need to change.

To make the change, you have to know where you are and where you want to be in the near future. However, the one thing to keep in mind is that you want to achieve some type of balance to counter the discontent. Remember that discontent is caused