I am not great at feeling my feelings either. My preferred mode is head down, work harder but I'm working on being able to be more openly sad or angry when those feelings come. It is shockingly hard sometimes. I'm sorry that The Thing happened but I'm glad you had a good friend and soft pants and some time to work through it.
Well, the good friend is someone you know and love, so he's one of the best. And yeah, it is hard to break out of those habits of avoiding feeling our feelings, but I am glad you are trying to do it as well. And you know, soft pants FTW :)
Just guessing but I’ll bet you’ve done the same for him, and I’m pretty sure he was glad you felt he was someone you could turn to. And would be happy to do it again any time you need it.
I am not great at feeling my feelings either. My preferred mode is head down, work harder but I'm working on being able to be more openly sad or angry when those feelings come. It is shockingly hard sometimes. I'm sorry that The Thing happened but I'm glad you had a good friend and soft pants and some time to work through it.
Well, the good friend is someone you know and love, so he's one of the best. And yeah, it is hard to break out of those habits of avoiding feeling our feelings, but I am glad you are trying to do it as well. And you know, soft pants FTW :)
Just guessing but I’ll bet you’ve done the same for him, and I’m pretty sure he was glad you felt he was someone you could turn to. And would be happy to do it again any time you need it.
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Our group has a plank in our life platform: Sometimes you have to pick up and carry the garbage in order to take it out.
That is definitely one way to frame it :)
Another hard wisdom: feeling and grieving the thing for as long as it takes.