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I said this to a friend...and maybe I got this simile from somewhere? If so, my apologies to whomever wrote it.
"....We get sad, angry or hurt much faster than others do, because we carry sadness, anger and hurt around with us.
It's like a full glass of water. If you pour more into a full glass, it spills out, right?
Basically our "glass" of emotions is always almost full, and so it takes very little for our emotions to pour over."
I'm so used to stuffing all my feelings.
I'm not dissociated as much-after dissociating things starting at age 4.
It rather abruptly shut off last summer, almost all at once, over the span of a week.
(HOLY CRAP!)
So before I wasn't even aware of what made me upset, I just got upset for what felt like no reason, and then hated myself for going explodey over stupid little things.
It's helpful for me to be aware of what I am feeling.
Now I have to learn to respond better to the feelings.
"....We get sad, angry or hurt much faster than others do, because we carry sadness, anger and hurt around with us.
It's like a full glass of water. If you pour more into a full glass, it spills out, right?
Basically our "glass" of emotions is always almost full, and so it takes very little for our emotions to pour over."
I'm so used to stuffing all my feelings.
I'm not dissociated as much-after dissociating things starting at age 4.
It rather abruptly shut off last summer, almost all at once, over the span of a week.
(HOLY CRAP!)
So before I wasn't even aware of what made me upset, I just got upset for what felt like no reason, and then hated myself for going explodey over stupid little things.
It's helpful for me to be aware of what I am feeling.
Now I have to learn to respond better to the feelings.
"To neuroscience emotion is not merely a collection of thoughts about a situation: it is a biological process triggered by our environment
We have this process triggered in our bodies.Trapped emotions from the past..which are also triggered by present situations...But they are biological not creations of our thoughts.