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hi, guys can u help me plzzzz with this articles that i'm going to post
here because i din't. can u plzzz help me to summary the articles.
that article is for my school and i didn't get it and it's due
tomorrow. plzzzzzzzzz


Article: Healthy Emotion - by Kevin Roberts
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Much can be, and has been, said on the subject of emotion. The
word emotion itself means to express or get out. Yet often times
emotion leads to unsatisfactory results. We feel drained instead of
invigorated. Surely this natural function of the bodymind has a
possible healthy purpose. Here we shall examine what that purpose,
or function, is, where we went wrong, and how to remedy the
situation; this will lead us to healthy emotion.

Emotional expression is something we are born with, in that we are
capable of it without instruction. This expression settles in when we
are primarily involved in learning how to move (see Language of
Movement). Movement is learned by imitation, so we naturally have
some crossover in emotional imitation. Since people in general do
not have healthy emotion, and we imitate people - namely our
parents, siblings, and other caregivers - we imitate this deviation
from healthy emotion right from the start. (Let us not put blame on
these folks, for they are in the same boat with us.)

A few basic examples are useful to ponder as we consider where we
strayed. One easy illustration is 'controlling' emotion - which really
means stopping it. Of course we need control, just as with bowel
movements, which we also learn at this time. However, with our
bowels we are allowed relief at a proper time; emotions are
postponed indefinitely. This is evident in common phrases like
"There's nothing to be scared of . . ." or "It's going to be alright," etc.
If we learned also an appropriate time and place for expression of
emotion, this control could become useful. There would be a lot
fewer temper tantrums as well.

Another example is 'labeling' emotions, generally as good or bad,
acceptable and not acceptable. When this happens - say, when a
little girl is allowed to cry but nothing else - then all expression is
funneled into one outward manifestation. This is not a satisfying
expression and drains the system of energy.

Both of these examples are forms of my third example, 'denial' of
emotion. This includes any attempt to discount emotion, such as "I'll
give you something to whine about!" which basically says our
emotion is wrong, or should not exist. When emotion is met by this
kind of violent reaction, it gradually shuts down, or is denied. This
repression of emotion takes a great energetic toll on the bodymind.
These three examples should suffice to make a beginning in our
journey.

One of my favorite sayings is "The only negative emotion is an
unresolved emotion." Truly resolution defines emotion. Until it
'comes out,' it is not yet emoted. This strange energy of
unexpressed emotion is a poison to us. The way to relief is to lance
the boil, so to speak. There are many methods for getting 'caught
up' with old emotions; I will not detail them here, but bodywork is
fundamental to most of these methods. They must be resolved
because any current expression will be tainted by them. The key in
this, and please read this carefully, is not to analyze during emotion.
Many lines of esoteric teaching tell us that thought opposes
emotion, and you will find this is true. The emotion must be allowed
to run its course. Then, if you wish, you may analyze (you will find
things much clearer then as well). In reality, analysis is usually an
attempt to abort expression, albeit unconsciously (that is, by
imitation).

So now we have covered, in basic formulations, where we went
wrong and how to fix it. We now come to the why: Why have emotion
at all? What good is it? Since we know that emotion is part of our
machinery, we will look for its normal, or healthy, function. I will
begin with Five Element Theory, which provides a simple, yet
complete understanding of emotional integration. The five basic
emotions are fear, anger, joy, compassion, and grief. If we see each
'element' as being in relationship to the others (and not as good or
bad), and needing balance in this relation, we are moving in the right
direction. Each element can be 'symptomatic,' or have too much
energy, as when anger becomes rage. Each element can be depleted,
as when joy becomes sadness. Or they can be in balance, in which
we could call fear 'respect' (this gives a new meaning to 'fear of
God'). If we look carefully, we can distill every emotion to one of
these five and then seek balance. Five Element Theory has much to
say about this balance.

Where would we be without healthy anger? We would have no
boundaries. Without fear we have no sense of scale. Without joy we
are depressed (this topic will be addressed in another paper). These
emotions are as necessary as the air we breathe; in fact they are
related to and are in the air. Without them we are choked off (yes,
there is a direct correlation with asthma and other diseases). This
leads into our final point: What does healthy emotion look like? Here
we must be clear by using objective results. In the last paper we
spoke of "expression of negative emotions" (see Identifying Stress)
as a leak in the bodymind. Let's explore what this means in the
context of healthy emotion. We all have experience of two basic
modes of expression: one kind gives energy, the other drains us.
Notice that I didn't say "feels good" - this is because expression of
negative emotions often seems to feel good. There is a movement of
energy with negative emotion, but it is energy moving out of us. So
it is important not to look for results during expression, but
afterward. After crying, for example, are you exhausted or
refreshed? Healthy emotion always refreshes us. This is an objective
result.

After practice, careful observation, and a tabulating of results, you
will begin to notice a definite 'taste' to both healthy emotion and
negative emotion. We need to use this taste because of the speed of
emotion (see Somatics and the Unconscious), which is infinitely
faster than ordinary thought. In this way we will develop an ability to
emote in a healthy way and control our leaks. The effects of this on
our physical health will be quickly and clearly evident.

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Posted: 19 years ago
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umm..iam not good at writing a summary.... 😕
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Nobody likes writing summaries. But u know dat if it is hmwk, u have to do it. I would help me but i myself have so much hmwk. This week is my really big test week. I have tests in every class. But here's a tip: read through the article a few times until you understand the main idea. Then take the main idea of each of the paragraphs you have. Put it all together and there u have ur summary. I know this is boring but if its hmwk then u have to do it right? Hope this helps! (Btw, is there any way u can choose a different article or is it to late to change the article?)
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Originally posted by: berrilicious

Nobody likes writing summaries. But u know dat if it is hmwk, u have to do it. I would help me but i myself have so much hmwk. This week is my really big test week. I have tests in every class. But here's a tip: read through the article a few times until you understand the main idea. Then take the main idea of each of the paragraphs you have. Put it all together and there u have ur summary. I know this is boring but if its hmwk then u have to do it right? Hope this helps! (Btw, is there any way u can choose a different article or is it to late to change the article?)

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