I know how much everybody loves these posts, so here is one more memorable discussion with my mother.
Mother: You should stop watching all these crime dramas on TV. They will stress you out, and that’s no good for the baby.
Me: No, I talked to a psychologist and he says that the harmful stuff is the kind that causes me negative emotions: stress, anger, fear, etc. And crime dramas don’t cause me any negative feelings.
Mother: I don’t know. I think you should be watching nice, happy movies. Like Cinderella or romantic comedies.
Me: Mama, I told you, the psychologist says I should avoid watching things that make me feel stress, anger, fear, etc.
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Cinderella is actually kind of creepy. I could see a romantic comedy where Cinderella is a snoop/charperson and the Prince is a serial foot maimer. They team up to investigate crime.
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The standardization of emotions, yes. For instance, in my case, a lot of troubling and violent scenes can be cathartic. Don’t want to keep the tension bottled in.
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What Clarissa says to her mother: “I talked to a psychologist and he says that the harmful stuff is the kind that causes….”
What her mother hears: “I talked to a psychologist and he says ooga booga booga ooga!”
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