Quotes About Emotions

They may camouflage their true feelings in ingenious ways: To show that they are not vain, they may purposely pay less attention to dress or be overly modest. But

For many years, psychology was surprisingly little interested in happiness.

The cognitive psychology revolution has had a dramatic impact on mental health, and two of its major names are David D. Burns and Albert Ellis. Their mantra that thoughts create feelings, not the other way around, has helped many people to get back in control of their lives because it applies logic and reason to the murky pool of emotions.

When any of these forces gains the upper hand, it is usually because of deep-seated feelings of inadequacy. Yet

He noted the remarkable contrast between how the depressed person feels—that they are a loser or that their life has gone horribly wrong—and the actual conditions of their life, which are often high in achievement. Beck's conclusion was that depression therefore had to be based on problems in thinking. By

Cognitive therapy's revolutionary idea is that depression is not an emotional disorder. The bad feelings we have in depression all stem from negative thoughts, therefore treatment must be about challenging and changing those thoughts.

Psychologists, at least psychologists who write textbooks, not only show no interest in the origin and development of love or affection, but they seem to be unaware of its very existence.

Burns notes the catch-22 nature of depression: The worse we feel, the more distorted our thoughts become, and this thinking plunges us even lower into black feelings about ourselves. Nearly

Burns points out that the basic idea of cognitive therapy—that our thoughts affect our emotions and mood, not the other way around—goes back a long way: The ancient philosopher Epictetus rested his career on the idea that it is not events that determine your state of mind, but how you decide to feel about the events. This

Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que leí Cenicienta, pero recuerdo que una de las hermanastras estaba "verde de envidia" y la otra "roja de ira". ¡Y aquí están! Así es exactamente como el pintor las retrató. Las mejillas están teñidas de rojo de ira y de verde de envidia.

The more of them you have, the more you heighten your daily joy and entertainment, the more heartache you know you're going to get sooner or later, the more important it seems to make every second count.

We all have negative thoughts. They are impossible to avoid. But ongoing negative thoughts...That's a choice.

There is no reason to contain your positive thoughts, words and emotions and many reasons to control your negative ones. Are you making the right choices?

Some people suffer quietly, while others suffer loudly. Who do you prefer to be around? Which are you?

The drinking is only a Band-Aid to cover his hurt, his loneliness, his anger, his frustration, or whatever. If we simply take the bottle away, John, will find another external "solution" in attempt to fill that need.

When I win, it doesn't occur to me to remember anybody who isn't a loved one.

Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell you; it's a majority among them.

I was constantly falling in love, and it never occurred to me that this was wrong or bad.

It occurred to me that cats were being held back a little bit. I thought, 'I'll give the cat human thoughts and feelings but not be apologetic for it. That would be very catlike.'

I felt that everyone had the same sentiments when it came to love that I did. I felt like if you really cared for somebody, then that was it. It never occurred to me that people could lie about the way they felt about you. I had to learn that the hard way.

When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.

I live in a puddle of guilt, an ocean of guilt that you want your own time.

My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen. I remember one day, I said to her, 'It's October 1 today,' and she said, 'I know, isn't it dreadful?' It's hard to listen when somebody's that negative.

The most memorable part of filming 'Finesse,' I'd have to say, was the kissing scene. It was just so odd for me.