Emotions
WE DO NOT NEED AN ACTUAL MIRROR to see our reflections. We can
see them in the way we treat ourselves, the way others perceive us and
treat us, and in the ways our lives reflect how we feel about ourselves.
Once you have become aware of the distorted image you have of
yourself, you can begin to reject the inaccurate mirror your parents
provided and replace it with a more accurate reflection.
When we finally do face the truth about what happened to us as
children, we can become overwhelmed with grief, sadness, and anger.
Allow yourself to feel these emotions. Don’t try to fight them off;
you’ve probably been doing that for too long. Allow your emotions to
flow out of you.
Emotions that go unexpressed often lie dormant inside us until
someone or something reminds us of our past and triggers a memory—
and the feeling. When this happens we can become depressed and
self-critical or lash out at the ones closest to us when our real target is
someone from the past—someone we were likely afraid to express our
emotions to at the time.
Culled from Healing your emotional self by Beverly Engel
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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