Bottling Up Your Emotions Is Not Healthy: You Will Soon Snap!

 Post was written by Eleojo

Let's paint a quick picture.

• Have you always kept your emotions bottled up? 

• You don't really know why, but you have never been open enough to let people see how you are really feeling.  

• You always smile and laugh with people and just ignore things that might make your emotions come up. You always try to keep yourself emotionally level, never letting yourself get too upset or happy or annoyed about anything.  

• You always act the same and try to keep the same level of emotion.

You keep all your emotions bottled up to the point where nothing gets you, nothing affects you because you have put up so many walls and barriers to protect yourself from really getting moved.  

It is most likely that no one has ever seen the real you behind the constant, smiling andhappy face you always put up.

People bottle up emotion for numerous reasons; whether be it they can’t fight back due to the situation, for example, your boss or teacher/lecturer is giving you a rough time about something, you can’t fight back against them. 

Some people think that if they show emotion, others will think they’re weak. They may not want to bother others with their issues, or don’t want to tell anyone because ‘they wont understand’.  

Once you've suppressed emotion for a long enough time, you become crabby and may snap at people for no reason. You're more likely to explode on people, most likely friends and loved ones. Some people end up using short-term solutions like drugs and alcohol.  

These emotions can manifest physically and make you ill. There are many ways one can release pent-up feelings. It all depends on the person. One may like to cry or listen to music, while the other may want talk to someone. Some may just want to scream into the air. 

You are not a robot and can never be!  

Therefore it is not wrong to let your emotions out as long as they are not destructive. Whichever way you want to go about it, find healthy ways to let your emotions out.  

Can you relate to this post? What healthy ways have you adopted to let out your emotions? Your contributions will be appreciated..