Tag: bottling up emotions
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10 Signs of an Emotionally Damaged Person (and How to Heal)
Here are the signs of someone with emotional damage. Do you ever notice moments when something doesn’t quite click in the way someone handles emotions, almost as if they’re avoiding the heart of the matter? Perhaps it’s in the way they brush off serious topics or how meticulously they adhere to their routines. These subtle cues might be signs of…
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10 Reasons People Become Resentful (and How to Fix It)
Here’s why so many people are bitter. Resentful feelings are like a kettle of boiling water. At first, the signs are subtle: a few beads of water gently breaking the surface. These early ripples are easy to overlook, but as the heat beneath them builds, the boiling becomes impossible to ignore. Just as steam eventually…
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10 Reasons to Stop Teaching Boys to Repress Their Feelings
It was very commonplace in previous decades for men to repress their feelings. Guys who expressed their emotions were often seen as weak and vulnerable. Others often unfairly taunted them, so they bottled up their emotions. Naturally, men learned that they were to repress and never cry or show any emotion. Fast forward a few…