Emotional Feelin'

Being genuine is being true to your emotions.
YIKES!

Here is a heavy topic. Acknowledging your emotions. Do you follow a pattern to numb your feelings so you don’t have to acknowledge them? Overeating? Playing games or social media? Working out for hours on end? Drinking a little (or a lot) too much? Try to recognize if you are using behavior to numb your mind so you don’t have to feel your emotions. Are you? Try stopping...taking some deep breaths and just ask yourself “how am I feeling?” whatever bubbles to the surface is probably what you are trying to avoid.

Identify your feelings. I forget what book or blurb I read that said to imagine your emotional self as a blue sky. The sky is always blue. No matter what the weather is like. Clouds may pass over the sky, rain clouds, nimbus clouds, funnel, it might even rain or storm. But those will eventually pass over and the sky will be blue again. Think of your emotions in this way, say them out loud and watch them float over your blue sky. (This comparison have given me a lot of comfort, I am an anxious person by nature so it calms me down to focus constants, such as my blue sky!)

Stop judging yourself for your emotions. You aren’t too emotional and you are not being unreasonable. You are a human being that has feelings that need acknowledged. Your emotions connect directly to WHO are you ARE. Being true to you is being true to your emotions.

I sometimes find myself trying to shove an emotion away because I would rather not deal with it right now or I know the other person doesn’t want to deal with it. But that isn’t healthy and that’s not solving any problems. I take a few minutes to acknowledge what I feel and why I am feeling it, literally sometimes I have to speak out loud “hurt” “happy” or “sad” or “disappointed”. Find what works for you - sometimes it’s great to do some yoga stretches to acknowledge and let go of your emotions, it could even be a hot bath (personal favorite method). At times it is truly difficult to be true to your emotions and it makes us feel exhausted; make sure you are taking time for you and realizing this is a critical step to being genuine.