Aug 4
Briosa, how do you go on living in a world that promotes suppressed emotions calling it civil?
Where joy, anger, and fear are isolated from each other and a neutral resting expression is condemned, even demonized as "having no personality". Yet, the opposing reality coexists with the other. Where do you strike the line between stoic self-denial and toxic melodrama? Who is the judge to establish an absolute verdict on self expression?
Humans are meant to cycle through every emotion in life. There comes a time to live in each one. It is story. It is pulse that carries experience. Dangerously, balancing the two extremes restores part of what it means to be human. Being Alive: learning to manage emotions.
How do you manage complex emotions?