PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Group Psychotherapy, Makes Me Happy, Eudaimonia
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Emotions can take over our lives, make us do things are at the center of many religious practices, etc. Human consciousness has struggled to find a right relation with emotions. In the east: tenor of emotional life is thought to be best modulated by practices such as meditation and non-attachment to worldly things, mindfulness being developed into psychological therapy in the west. In the west: transformation of self was of interest to greeks and to hebrews, derived from. Emotions are part of the obscuring veil to the soul, first to be recognized and owned, then transcended: considering roman catholic practice of concession: 1. confession, 2. emotion of shame, 3. Never done alone because church fathers understood the eyes of at least one other person to be essential part of inducing shame: in many societies, comparable practices can be classed broadly as psychotherapeutic. Any one of us can fall out of the right relation with ourselves, with our families and communities.
