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Originally posted by vega@Mar 29 2005, 09:16 PM
Any person that claims that you can't fight urges or hormones is weak, sick, or making excuses. Half of being human is the ability to think and rationalize beyond base instincts.
In regards to the control comment I spent many years of my life forcing everything away and deeper into myself so I learned to control emotions, urges, sensations and my body.
Through focusing of this I have been able to overcome pain and force it away when necessary and go so far as to change the rythm of my heart. Scared the hell out of one of my doctors. But then again I was never normal physically. Hell I weighed 11 lbs at birth.
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I agree that people can control their actions a great deal more than most of us let on, but I just want to give a friendly warning about controlling emotions and pain. If you suppress too much, it can cause problems down the line. Things ranging from simple difficulty in knowing what you're really feeling to possible physical issues. Anyway, this isnt the real point of your thread so I wont babble on. I just want to say that, speaking as someone with similar experience controlling the things you mention, there can be drawbacks. ;)