What do you do with your feelings?

I really have this terrible habit of masking when I'm feeling bad or forcing myself to feel different... It seems like I constantly have to remind myself that I'm a human being and that it's okay to feel bad sometimes. No one is in a good mood every second of every day.. I feel even worse when I share my true feelings with someone and realize that that person doesn't understand me... I hide such feelings and it doesn't show on me.. [i]Most of the time I'm happy and an incorrigible optimist and I spread that further, I don't just keep it for myself![/i]

I eat them 😐

Express them--even if it seems nobody cares, it is better for you to express them, let them out, feel them, experience them, welcome them...they are part of what makes us human. And you would be surprised at how many people do care.

Sleep them off often.

I've been questioning some of my friendships and the people I've been hanging out with for a while now. I mean, wtf do I want to associate with people that pretty much just want to give me crap, especially when I'm making a best effort to be nice and upbeat. A lot of my oldest friends were and aren't like that.

I put them in different categories:
Sharing
Ignoring
Changing
Hiding

I feel them, process it all, otherwise I can’t move forward.

I've been bottling up a lot of anger lately

Try to pretend I don`t have any.

Find people that will listen to you and not judge. There are people out there who care and can help. Its just finding them.

The good ones I express. The others I just carry around like old friends. Although I’m told my feelings tend to be written on my face, I rarely find any value in expressing them otherwise. They’re mine to deal with.

I drink or smoke usually. Not the best way to deal with things I suppose.

Well y'know, even if people do care they still can't help. They might help by being there or distracting but nothing can really make you stop feeling your feelings. I don't vent to people in my real life for that reason too. But I vent on here a bit because sometimes I wanna say something & have no one to say it to. I just be here to talk really about nothing or anything 🤷

It's not so much an analytical exercise as it is that management one for me. I'm very self-aware. You could say I subscribe to this old truism my mother used to quote out loud at times (I never knew if she was directing it toward me or not 😏)

"And when he was good,
he was very, [i]very[/i] good.
But, when he was bad
he was [i]horrid[/i]."

Confessedly, this somehow, in a twisted way helps me smooth over my less than stellar moments within my soul [ahem].

Have a couple people I can talk with about somethings when I'm struggling, more I can celebrate with when I've something positive going on.

Aside from that, I try to find a way to carry on and do what needs doing regardless of how I'm feeling. It was easier when our kids were at home full time and my jobs as husband, Dad and provider kept me busier and distracted my mind away from myself.

Vent here on SW.
I can't talk to anyone in real life.

I don’t make a big deal about them. Everyone has feelings. I choose to get mine out in conversation with friends or my fiancé, but in a more “matter of fact” manner - much like everyday conversation. Talk about things as they really are, normal.

What I don’t do is create drama. Ever.

You have hit on the golden formula.... stoicism.
Feel... but don't be your feelings.
The more you articulate/give voice to your feelings, the more you wallow in them and sabotage yourself.

I feel the exact same way. If I express them then some people belittle me and make me feel worse. I’m sure you don’t have a pleasant experience telling others about your feelings. I think we just need to try our best to not get too frustrated. Good luck 🍀

You could keep a journal/diary like I don't...all feelings have gone fishing till January 31st

I supress them because of all you succintly said above.

That and other things I shouldn't mention because they are not politically correct.

That may be less true than you think. Always happy to listen over in DMs. I'm not terrible at it and I give decent feedback. 😊

[b][c=BF0000]I would like to do/say a lot BUT slowly day by day I might be breaking even more and cannot be bothered anymore[/c] [/b]

[b][c=BF0080]tired and fed up with how world and some people are..HA I am the bad one..psycho and more according to bullies, they do not seem to know what it does to someone! They harassed and did more but still on a website whereas I get permanently suspended so yeah might just...actually not not gonna say anymore to people on here and sometimes best to keep quiet about certain things with some people I think.. [/c][/b]

I bury them and then ignore them. Definitely not good, but it’s just easier.

I keep them bottled behind my walls if I am truthful. But that's ok .

I just allow mine to get hurt
Sometimes it’s all you can do

Bury them deep and build walls around them

Why do you feel bad about expressing

The squeaky wheel gets the grease? 🧫

I try to not let them consume me

Jeeez. That's harsh 😞

Somewhat the same

I say express them.

I always care 😮

I hide them

{@copperfox420] it is good too express yourself get it off your chest rather than bottle it up . you need not too blow though if you can help that is a pity in a way nobody seems too care

I can express them to my wife but if i do to others i always feel bad after telling them

I try to process them by talking them out, even if it's to myself.

Sometimes I write them out

Hold them all in.

There's no point in sharing.

I express them. What else is there to do. 🙂

I cry a lot. Already cried once today and it’s only 8am

Like another person said. I process them. Often I find talking about them at length just makes me dwell an become stuck in one emotion and unable to do anything about them. I do freely express them when I need to vent or to a person that a certain feeling or emotion pertains to. But at the same time I don't expect anyone to be able to say or do anything in response. I don't even expect them to understand really. They're my feelings, not theirs. Only I can process and deal with them at the end of the day.