Spoiler: Bottling Up Your Emotions Will Ruin You
As someone who was proud of “keeping it together” and “not having emotional outbursts”, you can take my word on it.
I always thought that I have high emotional intelligence.
Even the worst life situations could not break me mentally, I used to laugh my way out of humiliation, and of course — I never cried. As a 16-year-old, I believed that I had it all figured out for me. People around me who cried when in distress and threw a tantrum when things went horribly wrong just needed more maturity in life — this was my thought process.
Oh boy, was I in for a surprise?
I wish I could turn back time and tell my younger self to not bottle up her emotions the way she does.
I wish I could tell her that being emotionally unavailable is not the flex she thinks it is.
I wish I could tell her that she needed help.
Fortunately, at 20, I have finally realized the importance of letting my emotions out. If you find yourself refraining from opening up and giving a healthy outlet to your emotions…
