David Lawrence Preston

Tag: emotions

  • Asperger’s Syndrome

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    At the age of 62, I was diagnosed with Asperger’s. It wasn’t a huge surprise. I’d read about Asperger’s and it did seem to describe me. As a child, I was considered academically gifted and great things were expected of me. But I was also considered shy, nervous, physically clumsy and a bit of a…

  • Anxiety

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    Anxiety is distress prompted by abnormal worry or apprehension. It is usually accompani9ed by a feeling of loss of control. Most of us experience it from time to time, but if allowed to get out of hand, the body becomes highly sensitised, with physical effects including headaches, ulcers, muscle tension and lack of energy. Many…

  • Anger – hot coals and cool thoughts

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    ‘Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.’  The Buddha   Anger has had a bad press. It’s generally thought to be a bad thing and, sure, it can be harmful when unjustified and badly handled. It raises our…

  • Guilt – A Useless Emotion

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    Mae West: ‘For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived.’  Interviewer: ‘Did you reform?’  Mae West: ‘No, I’m not ashamed any more.’ Guilt is anger turned in on yourself. It is one of the most common emotions, and one of the most disabling. It is also one of the most useless.…

  • 10 years hiding in a room

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    A young friend of mine, Naomi, has spent the past ten years hiding in her room with the curtains closed, scared to go out because she dreads being seen in public. On the rare occasions she ventures out, she smothers herself in makeup and wears a floppy hat or balaclava, scarf and baggy clothing to…

  • Your Inner Power

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    We all have a unique and wonderful power within us which holds the key to our ultimate happiness and fulfillment. It originates from the way we think, and what we imagine, say and do. This inner power is non-physical. When we are attuned to it and allow it to guide and support us we are…

  • The Molecules of Emotion

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    Anyone who has ever felt sick with worry or cried at the cinema knows that there is a close connection between our thoughts, emotions and bodily state, but only in the last couple of decades has the medical establishment acknowledged this connection and begun to take it seriously. The reason was that scientists could find…

  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

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    Fear is at the root of many emotional problems. Fear paralyses; it introduces hesitation and doubt. It creates inner panic; you lose your reason and sense of proportion. Fear looks to the past; it replays images of failure, hurt and disappointment – a reminder that the past could repeat itself. It de-motivates and sabotages self-esteem.…

  • 6 Tips for Inner Peace

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    Inner peace if destroyed by mental tension. The source of most mental tension is the ego – that part of our psyche which constructs the image of ourselves we like to present to the world.  Your ego is your idea of who you should be and who you would like others to think you are.…

  • Emotional Intelligence

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    ‘Being emotionally intelligent means that you know what emotions you and others have, how strong they are, and what causes them. ‘Coming out’ emotionally is about being honest about your feelings, asking for what you want and above all learning to express yourself from the heart.’ Dr Claude Steiner Two or three decades ago, it…