Sunday, 3 May 2020

Wandering thoughts- Part 2: Feelings



Emotions make us human, denying them makes us beasts. — Victoria Klein

 As a human, we’re meant to feel all kind of emotions like joy, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger etc. And the feelings that you yourself are afraid to acknowledge are the most important ones in moulding your perception about life and behaviour with others. As a child, we’re open about feelings but as we grow older we hide them thinking that sharing them (even with the people you love) will reflect weakness on our part. We start pretending to be strong, calm and confident all the time, and we try to bottle up our emotions as if it’s somehow wrong to have natural reactions to life. Even though we know that emotions come and go and can’t be controlled so there’s no reason to worry about them but still we move in the cave of solitude with so much left unsaid and so many feelings buried inside. And by the time we realize it, we think it’s too late and we start questioning will those words/feelings matter now or what if the other person won’t acknowledge them and then there is always that part of our ego stopping us.  And believe me, once the opportunity is lost; we’re the culprit and we’re the victim at the same time. Silence is not the answer when the situation demands us to speak out. So, I’ll suggest you to start talking about it because talking puts words to feelings and allows us to share what’s happening in our minds and let others into our worlds. Telling somebody that you are sad can take some of the sadness away and sharing joy will add more joy. It eases the burden of feeling like the entire world is on our shoulders when in reality that couldn't be farther from the truth, even if there isn't an immediate solution to what we are feeling, sharing these emotions with someone has a tremendous positive impact on our mind and heart.







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