Disclaimer
That which is contained within these articles is based on my own empirical understanding and is true for me at the time they were written. However, as I continue to grow, what I perceive as the truth will inevitably change and as a result of this - parts of these articles may not reflect my current outlook.
That which is contained within these articles is based on my own empirical understanding and is true for me at the time they were written. However, as I continue to grow, what I perceive as the truth will inevitably change and as a result of this - parts of these articles may not reflect my current outlook.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
• Emotional Intelligence: The Importance Of Processing Our Emotions
• The Heart: Is It More Than A Muscle?
• Anger: Is It Good Or Bad?
• The Inner Child: Why Is It Important To Heal The Inner Child?
• Toxic Shame: What Is Toxic Shame?
• Emotional Masks: What Is An Emotional Mask?
• The Heart: Why Is It Hard To Listen To Our Heart?
• Emotional Needs: Can Another Person Fulfil Our Emotional Needs?
• Healthy And Unhealthy Guilt: What's The Difference?
• Emotions: Do Emotions Have A Purpose?
• The Heart: Why Do Some People Close Their Heart?
• Emotional Honesty: What Is Emotional Honesty?
• Emotional Eating: What Is Emotional Eating?
• Emotional Acceptance: Why Is It Difficult To Accept Our Emotions?
• Emotional Healing: Why Don’t Some People Heal?
• Emotional Insecurity: What Are The Signs?
• Emotions: Why Do Some People Feel Uncomfortable With Their Emotions?
• Vulnerability: Why Do Some People Find It Hard To Be Vulnerable?
• Addictions: Are Addictions A Bad Thing?
• Legitimate Suffering: What Is Legitimate Suffering?
• Obsession: Is Obsession A Bad Thing?
• Loss: Why Can Loss Hurt So Much?
• Objectification: Why Do Some People Objectify Others?
• Thoughts: Do Our Thoughts Create Our Reality?
• Emotional States: Do Our Emotional States Control Our Life?
• Depression: Can Repression Cause Depression?
• Emotions: Can We Become Emotionally Stuck At A Certain Age?
• Energy: Can Emotional Repression Lead To Low Energy?
• Positive Thinking: Is Positive Thinking Dangerous?
• Emotional Avoidance: What Can Happen When We Avoid Our Emotions?
• Receiving: Why Do Some People Find It Hard To Receive?
• Victim Mentality: Why Do Some People Have A Victim Mentality?
• Trapped Emotions: What Happens When We Have Trapped Emotions?
• Suicidal: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Someone To Feel Suicidal?
• Attachment: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Attachment?
• Being Present: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Being Present?
• Control: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Controlling Behaviour?
• Anger: Why Do Some People Have Anger Problems?
• Inner Conflict: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Inner Conflict?
• Illness: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Illness?
• Negative Thoughts: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Negative Thoughts?
• Anger: Why Don't Some People Get Angry When They Need To?
• Emotional Support: Is Emotional Support Important?
• Feelings: Do Our Feelings Create Our Reality?
• Dependency: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Dependency?
• Sensitive: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Someone To Be Overly Sensitive?
• Emotionally stuck: Does Society Keep People Emotionally Stuck?
• Rejection: Why Do Some People Fear Rejection?
• Emotions: Why Do Some People Find It Hard to Identify Their Emotions?
• Physical Pain: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Physical Pain?
• Empathy: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Having Empathy?
• Needy: Can Trapped Emotions Make Someone Needy?
• Shame: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Shame?
• Ungrounded: Can Trapped Emotions Make Someone Feel Ungrounded?
• Forgiveness: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Forgiving?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Why Are Some People Emotionally Disconnected?
• Beliefs: Do Our Feelings Create Our Beliefs?
• Reality: Can Trapped Emotions Create Our Reality?
• Emotional Regulation: What Is Emotional Regulation?
• Self Control: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Having Self Control?
• Letting Go: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Letting Go?
• Emotional Needs: Do Our Unmet Emotional Needs Control Our Lives?
• Feeling Safe: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Feeling Safe In Their Body?
• Emotional Growth: Is Emotional Growth Important?
• Childhood Abandonment: What Are The Consequences Of Childhood Abandonment?
• Emotionally Dependent: Why Are Some People Emotionally Dependent?
• Back Pain: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Back Pain?
• Rage: What Causes Rage?
• Emotional Instability: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Emotional Instability?
• Body Language: Can Trapped Emotions Define Someone’s Body Language?
• Feeling Good: Can Trapped Emotions Stop Someone From Feeling Good?
• Emotional Expression: What Can Happen When We Don't Express Our Emotions?
• Emotional Regulation: What Happens When Someone Can't Regulate Their Emotions?
• Anxiety: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Anxiety?
• Emotional Body: How Can Someone Heal Their Emotional Body?
• Grief: What Can Happen When Someone Has Grief Trapped In Their Body?
• Negative People: Why Are Some People Always Negative?
• Painful Memories: Can Trapped Emotions Keep Painful Memories Alive?
• Emotions: Why Do Some People Hide Their Emotions?
• Control Freaks: Why Are Some People Control Freaks?
• Feelings: Why Are Some People Out Of Touch With Their Feelings?
• Regret: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Someone To Have Regrets?
• Emotionally Undeveloped: Why Are Some People Emotionally Undeveloped?
• Needy: Why Are Some People Needy?
• Neediness: Is Your Neediness Pushing People Away?
• Bleeding Gums: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Bleeding Gums?
• Bad Dreams: Can Trapped Emotions Cause Bad Dreams?
• Emotional Awareness: Is Emotional Awareness An Important Part of Self Control?
• Emotional Expression: Why Don't Some People Express How They Feel?
• Letting Go: Is Feeling Safe An Important Part Of Letting Go?
• Emotional Awareness: Is Emotional Awareness An Important Part Of Being Able To Take Responsibility?
• Repressed Emotions: How Can Someone Know If They Have Repressed Emotions?
• Feelings: Why Do Some People Believe That Their Feelings Are Not Important?
• Thoughts: Do Our Thoughts Create Our Feelings?
• Toxic Shame: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Experience Toxic Shame?
• Sadness: Why Do Some People Always Feel Sad?
• Emotionally Expressive: How Can Someone Become More Emotionally Expressive?
• Emotional Awareness: Is Emotional Awareness An Important Part Of Healing Our Emotional Body?
• Disappointment: Do You Always End Up Feeling Disappointed When You Get Your Hopes Up?
• Letting Go: Is Grieving An Important Part Of Letting Go?
• Needy: Can Unmet Childhood Needs Cause Someone To Be Needy?
• Feelings: Do Our Feelings Always Reflect Reality?
• Positive Thinking: Can Positive Thinking Cause Someone To Become Emotionally Disconnected?
• Shameless: Can Toxic Shame Make Someone Shameless?
• Irrational Feelings: Do You Have Irrational Feelings?
• Addiction: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Have Addictive Personalities?
• Empaths: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Empaths?
• Self-Conscious: Can Toxic Shame Make Someone Feel Self-Conscious?
• Emotional Depth: Can Embracing Our Pain Lead To Greater Emotional Depth?
• Emotional Awareness: Is Emotional Awareness An Important Part Of Letting Go Of Grudges?
• Anger: Can The Fear Of Abandonment Stop Someone From Getting Angry?
• Emotional State: Can We Change How We Feel By Changing Our Behaviour?
• Depression: Can Trapped Grief Cause Depression?
• Motivation: Can Trapped Grief Cause A lack Of Motivation?
• Depression: Can Repressed Anger Cause Depression?
• Anger: What Can Happen When Someone Disconnects From Their Anger?
• Empathy: Can Embracing Our Pain Lead To A Heightened Sense Of Empathy?
• Anger: Do You Feel Uncomfortable When Other People Get Angry?
• Positive Thinking: Can Positive Thinking Stop Someone From Having Empathy?
• Isolation: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Isolate Themselves?
• Feelings: Does The Fear Of Abandonment Stop You From Showing Your Feelings?
• Emotional Containment: What Is Emotional Containment?
• Anxiety: Can Toxic Shame Cause Anxiety?
• Addiction: Can Toxic Shame Lead To Addiction?
• Powerless: Can Trapped Grief Make Someone Feel Powerless?
• Posture: Can Trapped Grief Affect Someone's Posture?
• Anger: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Have Anger Problems?
• Crying: Is Having The Ability To Cry Important?
• Grief: Is Grief A Mental Illness?
• Breathing Problems: Can Trapped Grief Cause Breathing Problems?
• Suicidal: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Feel Suicidal?
• Anger: Why Do Some People Feel Guilty For Being Angry?
• After Death Communication: Do Some People Try To Contact Their Loved Ones To Avoid Facing Their Grief?
• Letting Go: Is Crying An Important Part Of Letting Go?
• Self-Harm: Do Some People Suffer In Order To Avoid Their True Feelings?
• Loss: Is Time A Great Healer?
• Grieving: Why Do Some People Try To Stop Others From Grieving?
• Emotional Strength: Can Someone Develop Emotional Strength By Working On Their Mind?
• Self-Development: Can Self-Development Condition People To Feel Guilty For Being 'Negative'?
• Emotional Healing: Can Someone's Need To Stay Loyal To Their Family Stop Them From Being Able To Heal?
• Loss: Can The Need To Be Loyal Cause Someone To Get Stuck In The Grieving Process?
• Loss: Should Someone Let Go Of Another Person's Possessions After They Have Passed On?
• Inner Child: Can Someone Heal Their Inner Child Through Mourning Their Unmet Childhood Needs?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Disconnected?
• Positive Thinking: Can Positive Thinking Stop Someone From Being Able To Grieve?
• Being Present: Can An Emotional Build-Up Stop Someone From Being Present?
• Empathy: Can Toxic Shame Stop Someone From Having Empathy?
• Hate: Is Hate Good Or Bad?
• Emotions: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Ignore Their Emotions?
• Letting Go: How Can Someone Let Go Of The Past?
• Emotionally Stuck: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Stuck?
• Overactive Mind: Can An Emotional Build-Up Cause Someone To Have An Overactive Mind?
• Inner Conflict: Can Trapped Grief Create Inner Conflict?
• Fear of Loss: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Have A Fear of Loss?
• The Will To Live: Can Trapped Grief Stop Someone From Having The Will To Live?
• Inner Conflict: Can Toxic Shame Cause Inner Conflict?
• Guilt: Can Trapped Grief Cause Someone To Feel Guilty?
• Depression: Can An Emotional Build-Up Cause Someone To Feel Depressed When They Wake Up?
• Anger: Can Toxic Shame Cause Someone To Have Anger Problems?
• Depression: Can Toxic Shame Cause Depression?
• Emotional State: Can Looking Good Allow Someone To Feel Good?
• Depression: Can Living In An Oppressive Environment Cause Someone To Be Depressed?
• Empathy: Is Empathy Good Or Bad?
• Empathy: Can An Emotional Build-Up Stop Someone From Having Empathy?
• Depression: Is Self-Awareness An Important Part Of Dealing With Depression?
• Pet Loss: Is It Normal To Experience Loss When A Pet Dies?
• Emotional Problems: Do Your Emotional Experiences Reflect Your Childhood?
• Loss: Is It Normal To Grieve A Number Of Years Later?
• Forgiveness: Does Forgiveness Happen Through Force?
• Depression: Why Do Only Some People Feel Depressed When They Are Carrying Toxic Shame?
• Emotional Problems: Why Do Some People Suffer In Silence When They Have Emotional Problems?
• Emotional Problems: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Have Emotional Problems?
• Anger: Does The Fear Of Being Harmed Stop You From Getting Angry?
• Anger: How Can People React When Someone Embraces Their Anger For The First Time?
• Anger: Can Someone Use Anger To Avoid How They Feel?
• Loss: Why Would Someone Idealise Another Person When They Pass On?
• Inner Child: Can Our Inner Child Cause Inner Conflict?
• Anger: Can Someone Use Boxing/Martial Arts To Deal With Their Anger?
• Emotional Problems: Should Someone Look At Their Childhood If They Have Emotional Problems?
• Emotional Problems: Do Some People Only Want Attention When They Talk About Their Emotional Problems?
• Depression: Is It Easier For Someone To Get Depressed When They Are Sensitive?
• Emotional Intelligence: Should Someone Always Listen To Their Heart?
• Anger: Can Repressed Anger Cause Skin Problems?
• Loss: Is It Possible To Get Over A Loss?
• Exercise: Can Someone Become Addicted To Exercise When They Can’t Regulate Their Emotions?
• Energy Vampires: Is It Harder To Realise When Someone Is An Energy Vampire When We Feel Low?
• Depression: Can Feeling Helpless Cause Someone To Be Depressed?
• Emotional Problems: Do Some People Only Feel Normal When They Exercise?
• Anger: Does The Fear Of Losing Control Stop Some People From Getting Angry?
• Depression: Can Someone Think Their Way Out Of Depression?
• Being Seen: Can Toxic Shame Cause Someone To Hide?
• Anger: Can Repressed Anger Cause Someone To Lose Control When They Get Angry?
• Anxiety: Can The Fear Of Being Harmed Cause Someone To Experience Anxiety?
• Anxiety: Can The Fear Of Abandonment Cause Someone To Experience Anxiety?
• Motivation: Can Toxic Shame Cause Someone To Be Extremely Motivated?
• Compassion: Do Human Beings Have Selective Compassion?
• Energy Vampires: Is It Harder To Realise When Someone Is An Energy Vampire When We Are Emotionally Disconnected?
• Anxiety: Can The Fear Of Rejection Cause Someone To Experience Anxiety?
• Anxiety: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Experience Anxiety?
• Emotional Awareness: If Someone Feels Offended Does It Prove That Another Person Has Done Something Wrong?
• Emotionally Sensitive Body: Do Some People Have An Emotionally Sensitive Body?
• Emotional Expression: Can The Fear Of Abandonment Stop Someone From Expressing How They Feel?
• Emotional Regulation: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Emotionally Dependent?
• Emotionally Reactive: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Emotionally Reactive?
• Sexualized Emotions: Can Someone Sexualize Their Own Emotions?
• Rejection: Why Do Some People Feel Worthless When They Experience Rejection?
• Anxiety: Does Someone Have Mental Health Problems If They Experience Anxiety?
• Mental Health: What Does Society’s Approach To Mental Health Problems Have In Common With Child Abuse?
• Critical Thinking: If Someone Is Spiritual Does It Mean That They Are Emotionally Developed?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Do Some People's Childhood Set Them Up To Feel Empty?
• Anger: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Set Them Up To Have Anger Problems?
• Depression: Can Someone End Up Depressed If They Ignore Their Anger?
• Anger: Can Someone End Up With Anger Problem If They Don't Feel Safe Enough To Fulfil Their Needs?
• Anxiety: Can Someone End Up With Anxiety Problems If They Don’t Feel Safe In Their Body?
• Emotional Awareness: Do Some People's Childhood Set Them Up To Ignore Their Own Pain?
• Emotional Awareness: Are Your Split-Off Parts Controlling How You Feel?
• Emotional Awareness: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Emotionally Reactive?
• Emotionally Dependent: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Emotionally Dependent On Others?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Do Some People’s Childhoods Set Them Up To Disconnect From Their Emotions?
• Anxiety: Can Someone Experience Anxiety If They Don't Feel Safe In Their Body?
• Emotional Problems: Do Some People Only Know Who They Are When They Have Mental/Emotional Problems?
• Depression: Can Someone’s Inner Critic Cause Them To Feel Depressed?
• Social Anxiety: Can Someone's Inner Critic Cause Someone To Experience Social Anxiety?
• Anger: Do Some People Use Anger To Avoid How They Feel?
• Emotional Strength: Is Someone Weak If They Can't Control Their Emotions?
• Emotional Dumping: What Is Emotional Dumping?
• Suicidal Thoughts: Why Do Some People Have Suicidal Thoughts?
• Loss: Why Is It Harder For Some People To Handle The Loss Of A Parent?
• Delayed Grief: What Is Delayed Grief?
• Emotional Support: Does Someone Want To Have Their Problems Solved If They Are Emotional?
• Feelings: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Set Them Up To Lose Touch With Their Feelings?
• Chest Pain: Can Chest Pain Be Caused By Trapped Grief?
• Emotional Problems: Does Inner Conflict Cause Some People To Suffer In Silence?
• Suicidal: Can Self-Hate Cause Someone To Feel Suicidal?
• Emotional Support: Why Are Some People Out Of Touch With Their Own Emotional Support?
• Emotional Self: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up Disconnect From Their Emotional Self?
• Needs: Can The Fear Of Abandonment Stop Someone From Revealing Their Needs?
• Sarcasm: Why Are Some People Always Sarcastic?
• Emotionally Unstable: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Easily Triggered?
• Emotional Pain: Can Emotional Pain Build-Up If Someone Doesn't Have A Strong Connection With Their Body?
• Emotional Expression: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Hide How They Feel?
• Repressed Emotions: Can Someone Experience A Lot Of Pain If Their Repressed Emotions Are Triggered?
• Emotional Self: Can It Be Too Painful For Someone To Embrace Their Emotional Self?
• Emotional Problems: Would You Know What To Do If You Had Emotional Problems?
• Emotionally Shut Down: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Cause To Emotionally Shut Down?
• Emotionally Weak: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Set Them Up To Be Emotionally Weak?
• Emotional Development: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Put People On A Pedestal?
• Loss: Can The Need To Be Loyal Stop Someone From Being Able To ‘Move On’?
• Emotional Wounds: How Can Someone Heal Their Childhood Emotional Wounds?
• Anxiety: What Causes Anxiety?
• Anxiety: Does The Modern-Day World Make People Anxious?
• Depression: Why Do Some People Get Depressed When They Give Up Extreme Sports?
• Emotional Flashback: What Is An Emotional Flashback?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can Someone Disconnect From Their Emotions If They Have Experienced Trauma?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Why Do Some People Disconnect From Their Emotions When They Are Around Others?
• Repressed Emotions: Can Times Like These Bring Up Someone’s Repressed Emotions?
• Emotional Problems: Is It A Surprise That Some Of The People That Are Always Happy Have Emotional Problems?
• Emotionally Stuck: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Stuck?
• Toxic Shame: What Can Happen If Someone Disconnects From Their Toxic Shame?
• Emotionally Shut Down: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Shut Down?
• Emotionally Reactive: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Reactive?
• Loss: Does Today’s Highly Masculine Society Make It Harder For Someone To Grieve A Loss?
• Emotional Self: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Disconnect From Their Emotional Self?
• Emotionally Stunted: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Stunted?
• Negative Feelings: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be Attached To ‘Negative’ Feelings?
• Emotional Pain: Can Someone Carry A Lot Of Emotional Pain If They Experienced Childhood Trauma?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can A Crisis Allow Someone To Connect To Their True Feelings?
• Grief: Can Someone Carry A Lot Of Grief If They Experienced Childhood Trauma?
• Emotional Collapse: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Be In An Emotionally Collapsed State?
• Negative Feelings: Why Would Someone Have ‘Negative’ Feelings?
• Emotional Wounds: Do Someone’s Experiences Allow Them To Come Into Contact With Their Emotional Wounds?
• Feelings: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Disconnect From Their Feelings?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can Womb Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Disconnected?
• Emotionally Stunted: Can Childhood Neglect Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Stunted?
• Fear: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Fear What Has Already Happened?
• Emotional Needs: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Disconnect From Their Emotional Needs?
• Emotionally Shutdown: Is Childhood Trauma The Reason Why Someone Is Emotionally Shutdown?
• Emotional Support: Can Childhood Trauma Stop Someone From Feeling Emotionally Supported?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Disconnect From Their Emotional Self?
• Emotionally Stuck: Can Developmental Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Stuck?
• Emotional Wounds: Can Someone Use Hope To Defend Themselves Against Their Emotional Wounds?
• Helpless: Can Developmental Trauma Cause Someone To Feel Helpless?
• Emotional Wounds: Can Someone Unconsciously Look For Love If They Were Neglected As A Child?
• Emotionally Empty: Can Someone Feel Emotionally Empty If They Were Neglected During Their Early Years?
• Emotionally Disconnected: Can Developmental Trauma Cause Someone To Be Emotionally Shut Down?
• Anger: Can Childhood Trauma Cause Someone To Associate Anger With Being Isolated?
• Emotionally Shut Down: Can Developmental Trauma Stop Someone From Being A Feeling Human Being?
• Loss: Can Someone Feel Guilty After A Parent Has Passed On?
• Emotional Self: Can Someone Be Out Of Touch With Their Emotional Self If Their Parents Were Emotionally Shut Down?
• Feelings: Can Developmental Trauma Cause Someone To Hide Their Feelings?
• Emotional Self: Can Developmental Trauma Cause Someone To Disconnect From Their Emotional Self?
• Emotionally Shut Down: Can Someone Pathologize Themselves If They Are Emotionally Shut Down?
• Achievement: Why Would Someone Feel Depressed After They Have Achieved Something?
• Emotionally Shut Down: Can Someone Be Unaffected By Experiences If They Are Emotionally Shut Down?
• Grieving: Is Grieving An Important Part Of Being Able To Embrace Life?
• Emotional Regulation: Does Someone Need To Develop The Ability To Regulate Their Emotions If They Are Out Of Control?