Bottling Up

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 Hi and welcome back <3

Today's post is based on something that is not so uncommon among us.

Bottling up your emotions.

Everyone has undergone it sometime and well, it's had its own share of repercussions.

In today's post I'll be covering the impacts of the same, since most of are familiar with the concept.

Without further ado, let's get to it!

Emotions are feelings that need to be expressed.

Be it happiness or sorrow, sharing it with your world affects how you perceive the situation.

But, if you start hiding them within yourself and not disclosing it to others, chances are they will boil over and show themselves later, with worse consequences. 

The main reason why we as humans are more prone to the same is because we fear facing them-head on.

If we bottle things up, they don't just go away. Emotions will stay down until we physically can't contain them anymore, then they'll burst out fiercer than before. And more often than not, these come out in a flow which contains months or even years of repressed feelings. 

It is also frequently clubbed with a lot of physical impacts such as constant headaches or 24x7 stress, and even digestive issues.
Not to forget the urge to breakdown every second because of the feeling of "I can't take it anymore"

So, you want to stop suppressing your emotions. You want to make healthier decisions for your mental health and well-being. 

What do you do next?

The problem is that once you crack open that locked box filled with those, it’s going to be a rough ride for a while as you deal with the surge of emotions that you’ll hopefully end up experiencing. After that, you likely won’t be able to just close it again. And for people suffering from grave disorders such as PTSD and Anxiety, it can have a hard toll.
This is also why post people approach professionals such as psychologists and therapists to help them unravel these thoughts in a systematic healthy way, focusing on analysing the thoughts through every stage. 

Of course, lot of people have lot of reasons of not going with the above due to many reasons such as parental negligence and such.

In these cases, opening up to close ones really helps.

Be it a family member or a close friend, talking about your emotions and that weird thing you feel in your gut constantly- speak up.

Keep in mind they may not completely experience what you're going through and your exact feelings, however, with empathy playing an important factor, they will try to understand them if they're a good person and don't try to invalidate you constantly.

That was it for today's post! Hope y'all enjoyed reading it! Drop in your thoughts and suggestions in the comments below and don't forget to share and subscribe for more <3

Signing off,

Kuhu :)

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2022 at 5:08 PM

    Hi, thank you so much for addressing the concept of bottling up. I really need some advice regarding it and I was hoping you could help me gain a fresher perspective. I'm someone who tends to bottle up their emotions alot and I'm scared to talk to others about it. I struggle with coping alone and I've got one person whom I can talk to about my problems. But lately we've had difficulties talking to each other and that's bothering me a lot. I'm bottling up all of that up and I'm too scared to talk to them about it because I know it'll hurt them and their schedule. I'd really appreciate your views on this.

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    1. Damselz-In-SanityJune 11, 2022 at 1:08 AM

      Hey, the first thing I'd recommend would be to talk to the person you're struggling to talk to before trying anything else. Communication goes a long way and it will help you figure and sort everything out between the two of you. It'd be nice to just sit down and talk with them. Nevertheless, I usually journal which acts as an immediate relief when things tend to get overwhelming. It'll help you organise your thoughts, emotions and free you off a huge load of stress.
      Maybe you could try it out as well.

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