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	<title>Before You Take That Pill &#187; University of Emotional Integrity</title>
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		<title>On the Importance of Feeling Sorry for Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bremner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in Nashville and flew back on my birthday and reflected on that experience, and got some feedback from others. At the time I was reflecting on some memories from my childhood that weren't that great, and at the time I simply allowed myself to feel sorry for myself and feel the feelings that were associated with the experiences I had had, as I perceived them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week <a href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/05/live-blogging-from-nashville-honky-tonks-imaging-science/">I was in Nashville and flew back on my birthday</a> and reflected on that experience, and got some feedback from others. At the time I was reflecting on some memories from my childhood that weren&#8217;t that great, and at the time I simply allowed myself to feel sorry for myself and feel the feelings that were associated with the experiences I had had, as I perceived them. Now I am not going around blaming others or looking for a fight. I just think sometimes you should allow yourself to feel sorry for yourself. I mean if something bad happened to you, and you don&#8217;t allow yourself to be honest about it, then you aren&#8217;t practicing emotional integrity, are you?</p>
<p>A while back I started a cause on Facebook called &#8220;<a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/203605">Virtual Fishtrap</a>&#8220;. It refers to a place on Puget Sound in Washington State where myself and others lived before bad things started happening like people dying or getting divorced. Anyhoo the principles of our &#8220;cause&#8221; are:</p>
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<li>We believe in emotional integrity/honesty</li>
<li>We like to walk on the beach</li>
<li>We like sheep</li>
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<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-3127" href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/09/on-the-importance-of-feeling-sorry-for-yourself/fishtrap-2/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3127" title="fishtrap" src="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fishtrap.jpg" alt="fishtrap" width="604" height="453" /></a></p>
<p>Anyone is welcome to join.</p>
<p>We were thinking of making Fishtrap the site of the new University of Emotional Integrity.</p>
<div id="attachment_3156" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-3156" href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/09/on-the-importance-of-feeling-sorry-for-yourself/fishtrap4-2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-3156" title="Class will be on Fishtrap beach" src="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fishtrap4.jpg" alt="Class will be on Fishtrap beach" width="604" height="453" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Class will be on Fishtrap beach</p></div>
<p>Lolcat is ready to enroll.</p>
<div id="attachment_3183" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 457px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-3183" href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/09/on-the-importance-of-feeling-sorry-for-yourself/lolcat_univ/"><img class="size-full wp-image-3183" title="Lolcat sports a lovely U. of Emotional Integrity shirt" src="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lolcat_univ.jpg" alt="Lolcat sports a lovely U. of Emotional Integrity shirt" width="447" height="548" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lolcat sports a lovely U. of Emotional Integrity shirt</p></div>
<p> And we&#8217;ve already gotten going on Board of Trustees, which will be headed by Milvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, whom I mentioned in my <a href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/05/live-blogging-from-nashville-honky-tonks-imaging-science/">lecture</a> last week on the tendency of trauma survivors to want to gather together on the anniversary of the traumatic event they experienced in common.</p>
<div id="attachment_3129" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-3129" href="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/index.php/2009/06/09/on-the-importance-of-feeling-sorry-for-yourself/titanic/"><img class="size-full wp-image-3129" title="Milvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, with her favorite cat." src="http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/titanic.jpg" alt="Milvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, with her favorite cat." width="500" height="326" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Milvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, with her favorite cat.</p></div>
<p>She died a few weeks ago, but it doesn&#8217;t matter, since we&#8217;ll mostly be using primary process thinking at the University. And after all, time is relative, right?</p>
<p>See you at the U.</p>
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