What do YOU do with anger?
My father was prone to angry outbursts! By that I mean that whether he was feeling humiliated, vulnerable, fearful, powerless, disappointed, anxious, hurt, misunderstood or many other emotions, he was quick to express only anger – loudly, suddenly and aggressively, and always towards others. On first consideration I might conclude this was because my father received standard conditioning that gave the message that anger was one of the few emotions acceptable for males to express. After all, it feels powerful, in control, shouts, ‘pay attention to my issues now!’ and it can railroad situations that might more appropriately require time-consuming, empathetic and delicate attention – possibly attributes more commonly expected of the female arena! (Sorry about the generalisations! Of course I know there are always exceptions!) But it’s also worth considering: it probably does feel easier to experience and express anger outwardly than many other emotions. For example, many years...
That's a robot worthy of a starring role in Dr Who. I see a glorious future for your golden mechanoid.
ReplyDeleteMy god, that's incredible. It's like a non-irritating C3PO with a soul.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have six year old son too :)
x Robyn
What a fine robot! Does it do gardening?
ReplyDeletePositively overflowing with personality!
ReplyDeletePearl
that is a beautiful robot. What's his name?
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Jonathan - what you can't tell from the photo is it's 202 feet tall. It wouldn't even fit in the tardis. It could therefore probably only be in one episode. Hardly a future. Sad. We should have built it smaller.
ReplyDeleteEric - there you go again, making me laugh at your quirkiness.
Robyn - Thank you. The world could never have too many 6 year old boys!
Codgi - it does everything. Our lives have been transformed. We no longer have to do jobs we don't like.
Pearl - yes he's getting a bit cheeky now he's used to us and feels he's now part of the family.
Clipster - of all the names he could have had - he settled with Robotty. Slightly inside the box.
I'll have five, please.
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