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pwhodges:
Well, there's the thing, really.  This forum (and the relationship thread elsewhere) sometimes becomes a cluster of people shouting that the only healthy way to be is the way they  were brought up.  Laissez Faire, Protestant Work Ethic, or whatever inbetween.

(I put this in the wrong thread - here it is in the right place where I hope it makes sense!)

NotAwesomeAnymore:

--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 21 Jun 2011, 11:14 ---
Completing missing the point.

Its been 8 months or so since the break up, but for Marten its been about a month or so, give or take a week or two. So in that time he's had to deal with the breakup, his mother visiting and her actions. He's had to deal with realising that Tai, his boss and friend, was circling his ex (not that she needed his permission to ask Dora out). His best friend has a serious boyfriend, and I'm sure that when that happens and you're newly single, yeah, you might feel a little depressed about yourself. We also can't forget various incidents involving Hanners, Pintsize and Steve's ass and a little too much information. Thats pretty much one thing after another in a very short amount of time. If things like that happened to us, one after another in quick succession, we might rage, shout, punch a couch (Damn bastards!), some might break down, cry and let that emotion out and some might just laugh at the absurdity of it all.

Marten's mechanism is to sit down, mutter under his breath and leave it at that. So which is the healthier one? Or rather, whats the most damaging to Marten?

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This tells me I haven't missed the point at all. I'm aware that the comic moves slower than IRL. It's been weeks since his mother left, meaning he had a lot of time to 'deal' before finding out about Tai. In any case, we don't know what's going on in Marten's head in the moment when bad things happen. For all we know, he has gone through the thought process of resolving it in that short time. We haven't seen him have any traumatic flashbacks (fleshbacks!) to the fleshlight incident. Some people just aren't naturally aggressive and I remember reading somewhere about a lawsuit where a therapist tried to 'get the anger out' and just made a person's depression worse. Is there evidence that anger is a pressure cooker that needs a release valve? Does Jeph think that?

I think we can call mind fallacy on this one. I'm pretty sure I don't try to grapple with everything that's bothering me all at once. Apparently a lot of forumites tend to look at 'the bigger picture' and become overwhelmed.

Also, I feel like you're going to call me on this by bringing up Marten and Dora and the strip where he talks about "the same old song and dance". With his mother, however, he does retort and object often and then takes a nap to get away from her. In fact, I think his doormat behaviour with Dora began shortly after Faye slept with Sven and Marten told her she was being irrational. Steve (the ladymaster) essentially tells Marten it was his fault for standing up to her, and so it begins...

Tiogyr:

--- Quote from: NotAwesomeAnymore on 21 Jun 2011, 12:51 ---Is there evidence that anger is a pressure cooker that needs a release valve?

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Yes, though what is defined as a constructive release differs for each person.

Akima:

--- Quote from: NotAwesomeAnymore on 21 Jun 2011, 12:51 ---Is there evidence that anger is a pressure cooker that needs a release valve?
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Just letting anger out is destructive and self-indulgent. Letting your anger go is different from letting it out. It's more like taking the pot off the stove, as opposed to letting the pressure build until it blows the top off.

P.S. Cryptic threat thread titles are silly. <--- Edit: Stupid spelling error fixed.

Is it cold in here?:
I was slow to realize that you meant "cryptic thread titles". It was confusing for a while.

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