Understanding emotions

So you feel no discomfort (fear) upon reading me talking about fear, openly admitting it?


That's what true mindfulness is: recognizing what all your thoughts and feelings are -- even the ones you are not "supposed" to have.

Yeah, I'm not following your train of thought/reasoning, so, I'll just leave it there. Thank you.

P.S. Yes, mindfulness is helpful.

What I write here is a work in progress. Yes, I do make mistakes. My ability to make sense of what is going on in my mind and how I see the world in general is variable -- which is quite frightening to me, since as a child I could not tell what my mother might consider a "criminal" offense, and making mistakes in deciphering what might make her blow up terrified me. That has been true with others too. I see so much ignorance of oneself in the world -- that can terrify me too. I am trying to learn how to cope with my perceptions without panicking and thus being unable to think clearly. It's hard. Sometimes very hard. I do seem to be improving at it, though.

Probably no one cares. Writing things out helps a great deal, in spite of thinking I will get crossways with somebody -- which, in fact, does happen here on Psych Central. So I keep trying.