Comments on: Miswanting

By: Brian D. Buckley

Brian D. Buckley — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:30:46 +0000

I know what you mean. The brain is a tricky mofo.

By: Brian D. Buckley

Brian D. Buckley — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:28:20 +0000

Shaila – if you’ve found that kind of power within yourself, that’s wonderful. People do underestimate the degree to which they can simply decide to be happy. I don’t always succeed at this myself, but I’ve been getting better lately. Thanks for the comment.

By: Brian D. Buckley

Brian D. Buckley — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:26:38 +0000

Thanks Alex! Psychology is fascinating to me too. I took a couple classes on it at college, and many of the key points were so surprising they’ve stuck with me ever since.

By: Ben Trube

Ben Trube — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:38:21 +0000

This is something that happens to me a lot with food. I get a craving, and I actually try to weigh my various options by picturing what it will be like to eat that food. Even if its something that I’ve had a dozen times before, it often is not quite as good as what I would have thought. I feel like I talk myself into things that don’t actually satisfy me. Except Rallys. Rallys is always awesome.

By: Shaila

Shaila — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:10:24 +0000

I’ve come to realize lately that majority of the time we can choose what to feel.. I dont think a lot of people will agree with me on that. Ive had countless arguments on why you can’t do that, it’s bad to suppress emotion etc etc, but that’s the way I see it and knowing I have a choice has kept me from miswanting these days as opposed to when I was younger..

By: Alex Caswell

Alex Caswell — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:45:03 +0000

can’t say I have any distinct memory of miswanting, although I’m sure it’s happened to me before. Nowadays I’m isolated enough that I really don’t encounter these situations anyway.
Love the post on psychology though. Always a great way to start off the day, since Psychology is so much fun to learn about.