Hi there, beautiful One. How are you? I mean it, really. How are you feeling?
It can be difficult to share our true feelings with others when we are not at our highest. Why is it that we feel shameful of sharing our sadness, depression, anxiety, etc. but are more than willing to share when we are feeling happy, successful, joyful and free?
The over-emphasis on happiness in our society is a learned behavior that is perpetuated through capitalistic agendas to distract people from their pain, and promise them some sort of panacea. People are desperate to feel better about themselves, and their lives. Unfortunately, instead of giving people the emotional tools and community resources they need to explore and release their deeply held pain, we are constantly force-fed this toxic message: if you just had this one thing, you would feel better.
How long are we going to fall for that trick before we realize it’s a complete and utter lie?
Human existence is perhaps exemplified by the vast range of emotions that we feel in response to the wild, unpredictable, miraculous, mysterious and shocking events of life. It is actually completely normal to feel an entire range of emotions, including the highest highs and the lowest lows.
But many of us had parents and authority figures who did not accept us when we were having a tantrum, or upset, or made a mistake. We learn to do what they did: shame ourselves for having “down days”, and put an overemphasis on happiness and feeling better, at the expense of our self-respect, self-compassion, and self-love.
It is time that we change how we look at our emotions, so that we can stop perpetuating cycles of inner and outer violence, suppression, and untruthfulness. So much of our depression and anxiety comes from not having access to our true feelings; and not being able to communicate them to people effectively.
Very soon I will be offering a free class that will dive deep into this topic and provide practical tools for shifting out of chronic depression and anxiety, into an experience of our True Nature: as humans, as multidimensional beings, as emotional animals with very real needs, capable of communicating and connecting with vulnerability and safety.
In the meantime – feel how you feel, with power and pride. Find those people you can open up to who will accept and love you no matter what.
You are perfect exactly how you are, right now, and always.
Ethereal Ecology 