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Whether you admit it or not, everyone has seen at least fifteen minutes of a soap opera in their lifetime. Who hasn't had one of those days where they're sitting at home, flipping through channels when they sort of pause to take a peek at what's happening on the ....

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.... stressed than those who don't. Well who wouldn't feel less stressed when you see what goes on in the lives of these poor characters? For example, you can't exactly compare finding out that your soon to be husband is actually your brother's, wife's, uncle's, roommate's, sister's, cousins long lost father, to your petty problems at work. Sure you can say that kind of stuff only happens on television, but what's freaky in soap opera's is that your actually get drawn into them and forget that they are only imaginary. I know that when I watch Young and the Restless, suddenly I hear myself saying that I wish I could be Victor Newman's secretary just bec ....