5 Signs That Indicate You Avoid Confronting Your Feelings
Feelings and emotions can be hard to manage but there are ways to confront and process them better
I don’t know about anyone else, but I was conditioned to avoid uncomfortable feelings.
Growing up, I felt lots of emotions, such as anger and frustration but because I wasn’t educated on how to understand my anger, how to process anger, or how to react to it, I kept falling into cycles of problematic behaviours and reactions stemming from my inability to tune into my anger.
I think this is normal for almost every single person. We all grew up labelling feelings as “good” and “bad” — when in reality our feelings are not binary. They exist within a spectrum that coincides with our other psychological activities.
Although it is sometimes in our best interests to suppress negative feelings, it’s not a long-term solution. If we continue suppressing our emotions, it can lead to unhealthy behavioural patterns, “ignoring” the issue at hand, and a decline in our mental and emotional well-being.
Because of this, it’s important to be aware of the different ways we may be ignoring our feelings and processing them. Below I have listed 5 different ways you may be avoiding confronting your feelings.
