Embrace your emotions

Embrace your emotions!!!!!

The biggest aha moment is to embrace your emotions, "I am upset" or  "I am feeling low" or "wow, this was fun". This awareness of our emotions helps us to realize the causes of our behaviours.

Our education and societal norms teach to hide emotions, that is just wrong. We are human beings with ability to feel and control our feelings and that is the great power that makes us superior to animals.

Do not keep that “CONTROL” button down for too long, Let some “STEAM OFF” once in a while and see the miracle.

Here are some tips on how you can embrace your emotions:

1. Stop Judging

Quit being so hard on yourself.  Self-judgment suppresses your true emotions, and that could lead to so many negative consequences on you and those around you. So, “Just Be You” and celebrate “Who You Are”.

2. Allow Yourself to Feel all emotions

All human emotions have value. Even the ones we consider “bad” can benefit us if we allow ourselves to feel them genuinely. Allowing ourselves to feel all these emotions can benefit us to move through things in our lives that serve us and our relationships.

3. Be as you are.

Be aware about what you want and be honest with yourself, be kind to yourself, and get in touch with your true emotions. Remember that you are enough.

4. Let Go attitude

It is not uncommon to attach ourselves to our story.  But remember getting stuck to those stories puts you in the past, not the present. By simply feeling our emotions and moving through them, we can overcome almost anything.

5. Get Support

Emotional training to feel and express our emotions is a healthy and productive way. Get support when ever its required, we can move through the ups and downs of life much more effectively with the support. Remember that you don’t have to do it alone. It is not only okay, but necessary, for us to ask for and receive help.

By: D N Roopa, Assistant Professor and Student counsellor