Quote:
Originally Posted by SimonSays1
Has anyone with past emotional problems recovered enough to distinguish between healthy emotional processing (particularly with sadness) and unhealthy dysfunctional emotional processing?
|
Hello: I don't give advise but,
When I had emotional issues, I discovered in support groups how to identify what my feelings were by keeping a feelings log and gently separating the good ones from the not so good ones and then working with my feelings in several ways like doing some anger work and a LOT of weeping. Over time, I began to first recognize my various feelings and accurately name them. Then I began to let my feelings out more & more as I learned to handle them instead of hide or repress them as I often did in the past. I learned to honestly say "I love you" to both friends and strangers. I learned to speak up and tell people how I feel about anything which blew a lot of people away with my unabashed honesty. I had to learn how to modify my feelings so I was not so forceful and grating yet not intimidated any longer. It was a long and sometimes painful process to identify and express my feelings but well worth it to obtain some kind of emotional health and freedom after years & years of fearful repression.
There are a lot of books written about working with feeling so I'd look around for them.
good luck,
jim