Posted by Dinah on December 8, 2002, at 9:49:09
In reply to Re: Emotional divorce, posted by freudiangarterbelt on December 7, 2002, at 21:55:50
If I understood the article correctly, I think it does accurately reflect the phenomenon. The person I am perceiving remains the same, but the overlay of my feelings, connections, and accumulated emotional experience is removed, leaving me with an intellectual understanding of that person's role in my life, but without the emotional filter that usually comes along with it. Have I understood correctly?
It's not passion exactly that's missing. I don't know what it it. It's whatever in a relationship that allows you to be hurt by it. I don't know how to describe the positive side of that.
poster:Dinah
thread:1736
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