How Empowering Negative Emotions Can Help You Grow

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I came across this post about emotions on Facebook and thought I’d share this here because I believe that this subject touches everyone in some way.

Here is the link to the page and the following are the exact words from the post :
https://themindsjournal.com/hey-listen-emotions/

Hey, Listen To Your Emotions…

Bitterness shows you where you need to heal, where you’re still holding judgments on others and yourself.

Resentment shows you where you’re living in the past and not allowing the present to be as it is.

Discomfort shows you that you need to pay attention right now to what is happening because you’re being given the opportunity to change, to do something different than you typically do it.

Anger shows you what you’re passionate about, where your boundaries are, and what you believe needs to change about the world.

Disappointment shows you that you tried for something, that you did not give in to apathy, that you still care.

Guilt shows you that you’re still living life in other people’s expectations of what you should do.

Shame shows you that you’re internalizing other people’s beliefs about who you should be (or who you are) and that you need to reconnect with yourself.

Anxiety shows you that you need to wake up, right now, and that you need to be present, that you’re stuck in the past and living in fear of the future.

Sadness shows you the depth of your feeling, the depth of your care for others and this world.

My perspective on this wonderful post is…

Most of us are taught by society that negative emotions are a bad thing and that we need to either hide them or get rid of them ASAP without actually feeling them. The truth is after reading a few studies on emotions and the benefit that can come from all of it, I came to the realization that our emotions are meant to teach us something, including the “bad ones” such as depression, anger, sadness, etc. If we stop and think about the reasons and triggers behind all of these emotions, we will learn about ourselves on a deeper level.

Letting yourself feel your emotional rollercoaster will allow you to flow and heal, if you break the flow, chances are your rollercoaster cart will stall and slow your growth and healing. In other words, the more you are willing to dig into your inner self the more you will experience growth on every level of the mind, body, and soul.

What are your thoughts? Thank you for taking the time to read this post and feel free to comment and follow me for more articles regarding holistic ways to becoming better you.