ABSTRACT
Many of us were also taught that as bad as it was to be angry when there was a reason, it was really unacceptable to be angry with someone for something that was not the person's fault. People have told me again and again how ashamed they are
DEPRESSION
SADNESS
Just as with anger, many of us were forbidden as children to enter the place of sadness as well. When you were a child, were you ever told to stop crying? When I was a little girl, I was told that crying made me ugly. If you are male, you were probably told that crying was sissy. The adults in your childhood also may have told you that you really had nothing to cry about. Your loss was not that big a loss, or it really did not hurt you that much. How did they know? It was your loss, not their loss; it was your pain, not their pain. I remember being told when I was a child that if I did not quit crying that very instant, I would be given something to cry about. Thus, whenever I entered a place of sadness, I was pushed or goaded out of it by some adult. I tried my best to stay away from this place. If you were ever told not to cry, you may have learned to avoid this place also.
