When Someone Tells You How to Feel (Or Not Feel)
Denying feelings will hurt us, not help us
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4 min readOct 26, 2023
Suppose you are feeling a bundle of emotions: sadness, disappointment, loss. As friends and loved ones see you wrestle with these, they tell you, “Don’t feel that way. Brighten up.”
You may feel hurt, betrayed, or angry. “Now, don’t feel that way,” they urge.
