"organising my feelings into a very clear and detailed essay is totally engaging with them because that is how you engage with important topics"
@linen I can't get an accurate reading for how facetious this statement is
@deem I mean.....I'm being pretty sarcastic here, but organising feelings in a structured way can be helpful as like, a prelude to dealing with them. like for therapy, I like to make point form notes for stuff to talk about bc doing that is a great way to clarify what I actually want to talk about.
but writing a massively detailed essay about my feelings and sending that to someone else to deal with....no. not helpful.
@deem organising your feelings is a great way to actually avoid feeling them (if you're me at least). to actually deal with them, I need to feel them. bah.
@linen yeah feeling feelings is....
Well, not actually so bad, even the negative ones. They're easier to deal with when you just feel them ???
(Therapists hate her! One small trick for IMPROVING your mental state)
@deem hahaha! definitely easier in the long run, but sometimes I definitely need to be talked through them. plus actually having a strategy when they get overwhelming omg - those worksheets you sent me ages ago were so helpful.
@deem sounds good! sleep well! 💛
@linen omg yay i'm so glad they ended up being helpful!
ahhh i have more to say but i need to go to bed. will bug you about it tomorrow 💛