Trusting feelings fosters self-awareness and emotional well-being. Childhood shaming and invalidation can result in doubting or burying emotions. Early experiences where feelings are ignored or discounted teach individuals that their emotions do not matter. An example highlights how dismissing concerns leads to suppressed emotions. Trust is built by befriending inner experiences, recognizing that self-trust is essential for navigating life. Listening and validating one's feelings is fundamental to embracing emotional truths and developing a more profound sense of self-acceptance.
Trusting ourselves means listening deeply to ourselves, validating our felt experience of life. Our feelings are how life speaks to us—and how we're guided to engage with life.
To the extent that our feelings were ignored, discounted, or invalidated, we learned that our feelings don't really matter—and that expressing them doesn't get us anywhere.
Believing I should be stronger and not complain, I covered up my true feelings. I learned not to trust them.
Befriending your inner experience helps rebuild self-trust. Early shaming and invalidation can lead us to doubt or bury our emotions.
Collection
[
|
...
]