Feelings

Part of being a validation addict is trying SO hard to fit into other people's feelings...

To be what they want us to be...

We end up having no clue what our own feelings are.

At all.

In fact, we have no idea what feelings are period.

We are not able to feel them or to label them or to live in them because we haven't before.

Becky Beck sent me this quote and I LOVE IT.

Learning what feelings are, what MY feelings are, and what to do with them has been both beautiful and enriching AND so stinking hard, so challenging.

Feelings teach us so much about ourselves.

Angry?

Why? 
Is your body and mind telling you that you have been wronged?

Sad?
Why?
Did someone or something hurt you?

Are you lonely?

Are you feeling down?

Anxious?
Why?
Is it because it's simply something new?

Or, are you feeling that way because you ought not be with that person/people or in that environment?

Explore them.

Investigate them.

Learn about your feelings.

Embrace them!