How resilient are you?

There are times I don’t want to be resilient – I don’t want to have to be okay. There are times I want to not be okay, do you get what I mean? There are times when I want to have a tantrum, I want to cry and scream and shout. In fact, I’d love to be like on that advert where the baby and the child are on the floor screaming and shouting and the parent gets on the floor and does the same. Because when we’re children, we don’t get stopped from expressing emotion – we’re allowed to allow that out. And anger is the one normally, and emotion of fear, regret, guilt, and shame. These are such powerful emotions and none of these are allowed.?

Think about the last time you wanted to let it all out

Think about the last time you went to get angry – you would have stopped yourself, you would have calmed yourself. What about if you were really scared? You would have had a drink or done something to try and stop that fear. These are real emotions and they should get some attention because they’re trying to tell you something.?

An emotion of some description is a warning from the unconscious that something’s a little bit out. Be it good, like, you know, if we’re euphoric, we’re happy, it’s like, we’re overjoyed; that’s it…that’s a warning to that, “oh, my god, we’re too happy”. And yet we’re allowed to do that one. We’re allowed to laugh until we cry (some of us). We’re allowed to do things that make us happy.?

I want you to grab a pad and pen now and write down all the things you don’t allow yourself to be, think, feel, or do. All of them!