What are feelings? Most of us weren’t taught how to actually feel our feelings. Many times, to survive, we brushed off our emotions, tried to hide them, or forced ourselves to “overcome” them. But our emotions don’t go away because we ignore them. Our emotions are smart; they wait, come back, and sometimes come back [...]
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Working with Our Emotions – Part One
By Bruce Craig, Resident in Counseling in Northern Virginia Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock Emotions can become overwhelming in the blink of an eye and it can sometimes feel like there is no way to prevent them from feeling insurmountable. It may seem like everywhere you turn someone is doing something that is mean, frustrating or disrespectful. Every [...]