Buttered Toast said:Person A made Person B feel X. (See how the structure of that sentence belies the thinking people have in regard to emotions and feelings? -- "made them feel") Why? What about Person B makes Person A feel that way? It's dismissive to not be aware of this causative structure.Are you trying to say people don't make others feel things, that you made yourself feel it through them?No. It's more a note on how the way in which this is usually expressed, it already seemingly takes for granted you have no way of feeling different or attempting to. It is true that people make feelings within us (or even fail to, but that also reveals something), in the causative sense. What isn't true is the implication there's no way to do anything about it.Where's the implication that nothing could be done about it from the above statement?I'm not sure which statement in particular you mean.Buttered Toast said:Person A made Person B feel X. (See how the structure of that sentence belies the thinking people have in regard to emotions and feelings? -- "made them feel") Why? What about Person B makes Person A feel that way? It's dismissive to not be aware of this causative structure.
There are two things going on in that quote. It's making a statement of a particular sort using that word. Within the statement (in parenthesis) is the note/sidebar about the use of that word and what it implies. How this sidebar is applicable to the statement its nested within is the word runs the risk of externalizing one's involvement with their feelings. "Makes me feel this way" versus "I feel this way".
Person B feels X about Person A. Why does Person B feel this way about Person A?
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