@creative_writer Mm it's deffo harder when you've been conditioned to suppress everything, much harder to sit without judgement, and examine and acknowledge the emotions as they arise. Plus, there's the social conditioning layered on top of what you learned whilst still developing. Outward expressions of emotion are often punished in a lot of social situations, either by invalidating the emotion or ostracising the person expressing it. There's so many factors at play, so you being 'not good at letting emotions go' is not because of some personal failing or ineptitude. I know you know this, but sometimes it bears repeating, esp when we're battling shame.
It's funny your words remind me of the movie Frozen, 'conceal, don't feel' is the mantra Elsa uses to suppress her ice magic (ironically, the warning given by trolls is 'learn to control it' which the parents skew to 'conceal it, don't feel it', which then gets further skewed by Elsa to 'conceal, don't feel'. Just interesting how words and their meanings can transform over time into an unhealthy belief). Perhaps you could pop on 'Let It Go' and sing along emphatically as a way of releasing some of the energy 😂😉
@Snowie aye, anger can be a tricky one - it's so closely associated with aggression, it emerges from other emotional states, and is basically our 'fight' response manifesting. How you travelling this evening hun?
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