๐ย ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ !!!ย ๐
Do you ever feel lonely?ย โน๏ธ
We all have at points in our lives. It’s important to add there’s a difference between “feeling lonely” and “being alone”. A person can be with a group of people and feel lonely. A person can be completely alone and feel fine.ย ๐
So why do topics like mental health continue to be an issue in our society? I’ll give you 1 BIG reason:
โ ๏ธย ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.ย โ ๏ธ
We’ve been taught to believe that emotions are a sign of weakness, that they aren’t useful in our modern world.ย ๐
๐ฃย “๐
๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ!”ย ๐ฃ
๐ฃย “๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ!”ย ๐ฃ
๐ฃย “๐๐ค๐ช’๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก!”ย ๐ฃ
In people’s good intentions, they unfortunately made the problem worse. In their good intentions, they failed to meet the other person inside their emotional home.ย ๐
Why? Because many of them aren’t able or are willing to go in there themselves.ย ๐ฒ
๐ย ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ.ย ๐
Because we’ve been taught so long not to accept our emotions is the reason why it’s a larger problem today. Psychologist Carl Jung said: “Whatever you resist persists and grows larger in size.”ย ๐ฌ
I see our current mental health crisis as the long-term response to embracing the idea of denying our emotions (which is in and of itself irrational as emotional beings). This bubble of “resistance” has grown so large that it’s finally burst. The pendulum is now swinging in the opposite direction.ย ๐คฌ
But with noting the problem, what is the solution?
๐ย ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐.ย ๐
What if we could see our emotions not as spam to delete but as mail giving us an important message about our lives?ย ๐ญ
What if we could see our emotions not as biological defects but as essential character traits for our evolutionary survival?ย ๐ช
How different would our society be if we stopped treating our emotions as nuisances and more as essential tools for our personal growth?ย ๐ง
I understand why some will disagree with me here:
๐กย “๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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๐กย “๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!”
It’s funny because I very much agree with these statements, but to an extent. I definitely don’t want to enable anyone to feel more depressed. That’s the last thing I’d want to have happen! I also am a huge advocate for logic, reason, and critical thinking. I believe they’re crucial skills for the epistemic crises we will face.ย ๐
So I won’t throw either of those criticisms away but to say we can EXTEND on them!ย ๐
โค๏ธย ๐’๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐น๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.ย โค๏ธ
๐ย ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ’๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐. ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.ย ๐
Mental health is so easily swept under the rug because it can be an unpleasant topic to discuss. The very reason we “resist” talking about it is the reason why it will “persist” and be discussed!ย ๐
๐ย ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.ย ๐
The fact that a lot of us (including myself at times) aren’t willing to discuss it says a lot about how we treat our emotions in our society.ย ๐
Again, it’s NOT about dwelling on our emotions! That’s the last thing I want people to presume with what I say here!ย ๐
โค๏ธย ๐’๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐น๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.ย โค๏ธ
I share this with you all today:
โฏ๏ธย ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
โฏ๏ธย ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐’๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
โฏ๏ธย ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ.
โฏ๏ธย ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
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