Putting Words to Feelings
Saying I am sorry
Worried or angry
Helps you and I manage these feelings
Saying this flower is beautiful
The soup is tasty or the view is gorgeous
Helps you and I
Putting words to unpleasant feelings means we have already taken a first step to coping with them. Feelings like anger, anxiety and other dysphoric emotions have the capacity to drive us to dysfunctional ways of behaving. The amygdala initiates those feelings without our permission. They just happen automatically. When we put words to those feelings we engage our frontal lobe to manage them more effectively. If we communicate those feelings to others they too can have a better understanding of our condition.
Putting words to pleasant feelings and sharing those words with others magnifies the beauty. In common day to day living we often miss or pay little attention to the beauty around us. So, when someone notices a beautiful sunset or flower, or a baby's smile and shares those feelings with others, they give an opportunity to others to experience added beauty in their lives.
Putting words to feelings helps us magnify our opportunities for life satisfaction.
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