10/16/2022
馃挌馃挋All Emotions are important. 馃挌馃挋 There are no good or bad emotions.
All emotions are important. They are crucial for survival. They are a response of our nervous system. All emotions give us a meaningful message that we must hear and pay attention to.They provide precious information about our response to a situation. It's like a signal that something is happening. They prepare us for action. They are the link to understanding what we need, what our limits are, what we like and don't like, what we stand for.
We live in a society where not all emotions are welcome and it seems that only certain emotions are allowed to be shown. Dividing the emotions as good or bad will damage our well-being because we tend to suppress those emotions that were taught as bad, and by suppressing those emotions, we end up numbing any kind of feeling and therefore, disconnecting from our body.
It seems that society is trying to give us a message that we should always smile, be happy, and don鈥檛 get angry, or sad, or don鈥檛 complain or protest because that is being seen as needy and demanding. We end up hearing a message of, 鈥渋f you express how you feel, you will generate a problem and you will be in trouble." But in fact, what happens is that we lack the skills to hold the space for others, to provide support for others when they are in need.
Let's teach that all emotions are important, that we need to express them, to connect with our body, and to listen to all our emotions. They are part of being human.