Emotions. Who needs them?!
I think most of us with mental health issues have problems with our emotions. Feeling them. Expressing them. Regulating them. Knowing when to trust them. When are they based in reality? When are they a function of frozen responses to old situations?
Over the next few postings I would like to explore the world of emotions. Where they come from. How they serve us, and how they don't. How to reign them in when they get out of hand.
As someone who has suffered from severe depression for most of my life, I find myself afraid to be sad. I want to run away from anything that feels the way I used to feel. I become afraid that my emotions will take me over, and that after all my work, I'm in despair that I can still feel this way. All is for naught.
But that is not the case.
Emotions are important feedback loops that help us stay safe and make healthy decisions. Rather than fearing or stuffing my emotions, I want understand them. Learn how they work, and how to regulate them in my life.
To help us explore this topic, I will be referring to Alain Samson's Life is Unfair, so what?
I think most of us with mental health issues have problems with our emotions. Feeling them. Expressing them. Regulating them. Knowing when to trust them. When are they based in reality? When are they a function of frozen responses to old situations?
Over the next few postings I would like to explore the world of emotions. Where they come from. How they serve us, and how they don't. How to reign them in when they get out of hand.
As someone who has suffered from severe depression for most of my life, I find myself afraid to be sad. I want to run away from anything that feels the way I used to feel. I become afraid that my emotions will take me over, and that after all my work, I'm in despair that I can still feel this way. All is for naught.
But that is not the case.
Emotions are important feedback loops that help us stay safe and make healthy decisions. Rather than fearing or stuffing my emotions, I want understand them. Learn how they work, and how to regulate them in my life.
To help us explore this topic, I will be referring to Alain Samson's Life is Unfair, so what?
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