- Date posted
- 44w
Im feeling lost again
I cant regulate my emotions, I dont know what is the right way to do it, I have a perspective that we need to let it be there and accept that it affects us, but it starts to get so strong and im afraid i wont be able to enjoy the party im going tonight. Im watching alot of videos right now cause i want this night to be okay and if i will have negative experiences, then i can deal with them and still enjoy the party, but I dont find anything helpful. I just feel like everything i do is avoiding the emotions and the only thing i can do and what these videos are telling me is if that letting the emotions be there and accepting if it effects me, if i start to cry then cry, if i feel anxious then be anxious and avoid the party, if i feel sad be sad, if i feel like i want to go home then i can go home, but these are powerless advices to me... i want to stay and enjoy the party and if i feel emotions i want to not give attention to them, but this gives me a huge fear and desperation that im avoiding my feelings and i do something wrong. The advice i get is that you have to listen what the fears are telling you, what the sadness is about, what is the reason you have the emotions, sorting out every fear i have and label them what they are telling me, and then face them all is mentally overwhelming. Idk about yall but when i start to listen my fears and find a reason i feel them it doesnt empowers me, it actually makes me be afraid more.I feel like this advice doesnt help me, i have to let the emotions effect me, find the reason i feel them and if it makes me horrible and stuck and depressed or having panic attacks, just accept it. The other thing im thinking about is to put mental health work on the side now and just enjoy the moment but that makes me afraid of avoidance and repressing emotions. I have this thought now that the only way you go through an emotion is if you can do something about it like fear, you have to find the reason you are afraid and you need to face it, if you cant do that you are stuck being afraid. If youre sad you have to think about why do you are sad and if you have an unhelpful belief you work on changing it, you notice the unhelpful ones and you change them, but if you dont do it you get stuck. Theres no other way to change that emotion...and this is overwhelming, atleast this is what i get from those videos. This is not realistic to expect myself going through all of this while im on a party and try to sort out everything i feel, but then the other answer is "well accept it and if you feel bad go home". This makes you choose just 2 options, actually just one cause we know recovering is a journey, and that means i have to go to a party knowing it will be bad, i wont enjoy it but hey "accept it, im having a problem". I understand you have to love yourself and be kind but am i the only one who feels like this isnt right. I still want to enjoy the party, this view is powerless and depressing, i need a new view...