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Feelings Mixed with Evaluations "Victim Verbs" abandoned abused accepted attacked blamed betrayed caged cheated cornered criticized intimidated isolated invalidated invisible left out distrusted let down smothered insulted stupid dumped onmanipulated threatened hassled misunderstood ignored neglected trampled tricked inadequateoverpowered unheard overworked patronized unimpo pressured unseen put down untruste rejected unwante Non Feeling Expressions Feelings are not likely expressed after the following phrases: I feel like... I feel that... I feel it... I feel as if... I feel you, he, she, I feel I, they, we... Thoughts, evaluations, judgments, and criticisms usually follow these phrases. adapted for Marcelline Brogle, May 1994