Feelings

The simplest title out of all my blog posts. Feelings. Such a broad word and can be described in so many ways. There are so many different feelings, some seem to come more from the heart others more from the brain and some are just unexplainable. In this post I'm not going to be focusing on any feelings in particular. Just feelings in general.

Studies have shown that there are 6 basic emotions that one human feels. These are said to be: Sadness, Happiness, Anger, Fear and Surprise.

But with 1 in 4 people suffering with mental health problems we come to realise some feelings go a lot deeper than that.

Feelings come and go, some stay longer than others but why do we have this crazy idea that after a certain amount of time we shouldn't feel the way we do anymore?

I'm guilty of feeling this way. People may go through traumatic times in their lives and 10 years later still feel as bad as they did when it happened. Yet some people may be able to move past things within a shorter amount of time. But does the time it takes someone to feel better really determine how hard the situation was?

Personally I don't think so. I think even if it takes someone 1 month to move past something it doesn't make the situation easier or any less significant.

Every feeling or situation in someone's life is significant to them.

It is never a case of "People have it worse than you" because each problem is to each person and they feel however they feel.

But to every problem their is a solution (Even if it's well hid!)

Feelings. The best and the worst thing about us. 💜

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