Memoirs of an Incognito Princess

Saturday, September 04, 2004

Extreme Reactions

I have always wondered, what is it that prompts us to sometime react in an uncontrollably unguarded and violent manner to certain events and people. What is about certain people that brings out the worst instincts in even the best of us? Or is the problem with us and not with them. There are a few possibilities. Often such extreme feelings are inspired by perceived notions of betrayal, indifference, neglect and at times being used by other people to fulfill their interests. We cannot forget that it must been us who allowed them the opportunity to fiddle with our emotions. By providing them the power to govern our happiness, we have been squarely to blame. In such an event we know that we are responsible for our plight. This often leaves us with no option of expressing our angst but by indulging in a virulent tirade against those who we feel have wronged us. Another reason why people react disparagingly, is strangely as a means to divert attention from certain real issues. In such cases, the expressions of hate and distaste may be interpreted to portend quite the opposite. I strongly believe such deception has been practiced by many naive individuals, who think the world will be taken in by their clever ploy, but such dissimulation often may result in unnecessary heartache. A third possibility is that we genuinely dislike and despise certain people, but more often than not, we will not openly express our feelings on such an occasion,
So folks if you ever find yourself reacting unreasonably, question yourself honestly, there may be certain issues lurking behind which you would do better to resolve at the earliest,
Well so long,
Have a nice time,
Nandini

2 Comments:

  • At September 05, 2004 2:49 AM, Blogger Shrikrishna said…

    There is no reaction without an action. Cause and effect. Why some of them are extreme and others are not?
    "Between stimulus and response man has the freedom to choose", wrote Victor Frankl, while suffering in Nazi prison.
    How many of us use this freedom? Rather how many of us use this freedom to choose the 'right' things. That logically puts forth the question: what is ‘right’? It is a relative term after all. Perhaps, it is better to define 'right' things in terms of - what they are not rather than what they are.
    Extreme reactions are not right. But then how to classify certain reactions as 'extreme' and certain otherwise? Something is 'extreme' if it is way far from our (reasonable) expectations about it. Our expectations... hmm... we come full circle to 'relative' terms once again. Is everything relative? Or is there something that is 'absolute truth'? Perhaps cause and effect is only 'absolute truth' that exists!
    If we are to agree with it, then, what was the cause for 'very first' cause that formed universe? This is paradox. If there is a cause for 'first cause' then first cause is not 'first cause'. By definition, first cause can't be effect of any cause. How is this possible then?

    ponder till I write again (as if I know the answer ;-) )
    shrikrishna


    < off topic >
    why is 'keep faith' missing from 'extreme reactions' blog? Faith, as they say, is continuation of reasoning. :-)
    < /off topic >


    Free Your Mind (Free as in freedom ;-) )

     
  • At October 22, 2004 10:55 AM, Blogger Vasanti said…

    I feel i will never be able to get the reason behind why we react in certain manner to certain people and at that particular time .... somethings just dont have a reason , very well written.

     

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