Yeah man! We're an emotional bunch!
Apparently crying literally drips the stress hormones out of your face so that they leaves your body.
How incredible is that for an in-built coping mechanism?
There's nothing wrong with feelings, although I appreciate it can be really inconvenient or annoying.
I got REALLY frustrated at work recently and literally headdesked until I had a l;ump. It's healthy to drive along screaming at the top of your lungs on the motorway or do pillow-punching for anger, and it's healthy to have a night off cuddling your pillow and crying.
It's healthy to express yourself, and to excuse yourself if you can't do it right then and there.
Love your emotions. Feeling emotions means you can have great empathy so it's a tool you can use to help people.
Love you!(rself!)
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pixiewithdocs
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We tend to be caring folk and tje frustrations and difficulty we have can be overwhelming. Sinilarly we can have a lower threshold for sensory/info overload.
We're so often censured for either showing too much or too little emotion and very much take crriticism to heart and beat ourselves up for not being able to sustain the often impossibly high standards that we so often place on ourselves then beat ourselves up.
We're so often censured for either showing too much or too little emotion and very much take crriticism to heart and beat ourselves up for not being able to sustain the often impossibly high standards that we so often place on ourselves then beat ourselves up.
Tom
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With a foot full of bullets I tried to run faster but I just hobbled on to the next disaster.
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KirbyKitty
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Re: exaggerated emotions
In the lockdown, the exaggerated emotions, definitely have come into play. I have felt overwhelmed more often and felt, I needed more space from others I live with.
This has led to a clash of perception. It has been more frustrating and upsetting to deal with than per usual.
Is anybody else struggling with managing, expressing emotions in lockdown?
This has led to a clash of perception. It has been more frustrating and upsetting to deal with than per usual.
Is anybody else struggling with managing, expressing emotions in lockdown?
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My son definitely is struggling more during lockdown, getting angry more but he is younger (16).
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It could be a trait of ADHD.
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I have very strong emotions (in any direction) which can be overwhelming at times. Never any problems interpreting them and usually know what the cause is.
I briefly mentioned this during my assessment (was diagnosed aged 19) Nevertheless, my extremely detailed diagnostic statement mentions nothing with regards to emotions. Suppose it could just be a coincidence?
In the years since getting diagnosed I seem to over-analyse everything I do trying to fingure out whether it's "normal" or due to dyspraxia....
I briefly mentioned this during my assessment (was diagnosed aged 19) Nevertheless, my extremely detailed diagnostic statement mentions nothing with regards to emotions. Suppose it could just be a coincidence?
In the years since getting diagnosed I seem to over-analyse everything I do trying to fingure out whether it's "normal" or due to dyspraxia....