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KikiKitty678
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24 Jul 2019, 5:19 pm

“It’s okay to feel your feelings”—unless feeling your feelings leads to a huge meltdown.

Please, can our society make showing emotion in public acceptable. Not only can you not have a meltdown, but you can’t even show it on your face. Showing your feelings is better than battling them with unhealthy behaviors when you’ve run out of healthy coping mechanisms, pushed yourself as far as you can go, and don’t respect yourself anymore :cry:



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24 Jul 2019, 5:25 pm

KikiKitty678 wrote:
“It’s okay to feel your feelings”—unless feeling your feelings leads to a huge meltdown.

Please, can our society make showing emotion in public acceptable. Not only can you not have a meltdown, but you can’t even show it on your face. Showing your feelings is better than battling them with unhealthy behaviors when you’ve run out of healthy coping mechanisms, pushed yourself as far as you can go, and don’t respect yourself anymore :cry:


I agree, I don't think "can't" is the right word though. I certainly CAN have a meltdown...and it certainly has shown on my face.



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24 Jul 2019, 6:24 pm

Idiots keep asking me "are you ok?" Or telling me that "you look like you want to kill someone"

Ass holes

Then "flat affect"?

What the flying f**k?


Manipulative judgmental arrogant entitled lil ass holes



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24 Jul 2019, 10:01 pm

shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Idiots keep asking me "are you ok?" Or telling me that "you look like you want to kill someone"

Ass holes

Then "flat affect"?

What the flying f**k?


Manipulative judgmental arrogant entitled lil ass holes



Lol I absolutely hate those canned phrases, especially in the supermarkets: "are you okay?" Lol. Just be there when I need you, and don't bother me when I don't. I've been to a store before, I know how it works.