Thoughts on Emotions




One of the ways that I deal with strong emotions is through tears. Many perceive this as a weakness, but I do not. For many years, I dealt with surface emotions and buried within myself my most painful emotions. I refused to look at them, and just pushed them away.

As I reflect on it now, I view it as having been a huge mistake. One day, everything came rising to the surface and I just broke, completely. Pain seemed to be drawn to me like a magnet and I felt as though it had wrapped it's cords around my heart, pulling relentlessly and mercilessly, without ceasing.

I don't think that I am the only one that feels this way. That is why I am sharing. Most people hide their emotions. I do not. I see no need to. If you hide your emotions, do they disappear? Is it healthier to keep them back or to bring them out in the open and deal with them raw? Suppressing emotions can be toxic. Hidden things have power over you.

Now I choose to fully experience the emotions and deal with them, until they go away, rather than repress them and have them follow me around, day after day. If I need to cry, then I will.

I think that healing can only come, when you choose to expose and deal with your pain. If you are a believer in God, then this is a sure way to begin your healing. Healing does not always come instantly. Sometimes it comes in pieces, over the process of time.

It is not always evident, initially, that you are experiencing healing. It starts underneath the surface. Just like a seed underneath the ground, it takes some time before you see growth.

The Word of God states:

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 

(Philippians 4:6-English Standard Version)

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