Jun 30, Emotional Jug - Learn To Express Your Emotions | Causes : Cure.

Express Your Emotions

What's an 'emotional jug'? Someone once gave me a picture on a piece of paper of a jug stuffed with emotions like fear, anger, pain, relief, tenderness, pleasure, and love. The good emotions were all jammed into the jug at the bottom and the bad ones were on top... ready to explode. (Credit for the 'emotional jug' goes to the PAIRS Foundation. Reference used with permission. See bottom for more info.)

It's a picture of what can happen, if we don't properly listen to and handle our emotions. Our emotions get pushed down and we become emotionally damaged.

Emotional damage is another common cause of Depression in our society.

We have layers of misconceptions brought on by family, culture and society, gender differences, religious institutions, etc.

Our lives are controlled by our emotions whether we admit it or not.

We must allow ourselves to feel our emotions. Listen to our body's physical signs. What is your body telling you? Example: tension headache, teeth grinding, stomach in knots, sweating, etc. These ailments are simply the result of emotions improperly expressed.

Are you guilty of this? Do you have an emotional jug? - Learn To Express Your Emotions

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