As children of the human race, we become conditioned to our parents way of speaking, teaching, and tones...especially when directed at us! This begins emotional fear if we get yelled at, told what to do when we feel it's unfair, etc. Therefore, the words we term as harsh can remain in our memory, such as, "If you want something to cry about, I'll give you something to cry about!" We grow up feeling then that we are ashamed to cry as if it's a weak reaction to our true feelings.
We are all experiencing the shift occurring right now, and this leads me into explaining that as we break free from these forms of conditioning, we must also realize it's not just the words of our parents as we were being raised, but the words of the American Dictionary that also formed meanings that associated our dialect and vocabulary to our understanding. Our minds instantly recognize a word for what we thought it to be, as it was handed down to us... however, this isn't necessarily true!
Read the rest here:
http://preventdisease.com/news/14/031814_Conditional-Thought-Patterns-Begin-With-The-Word.shtml
