#feelthefeelings

[thegratefulnuts]

** NEW BLOG POST ** (Link in Bio) I’ve been asked before what the biggest difference between active and addiction and sobriety truly is. Honestly the answer is EVERYTHING, but I think the most glaring and immediate difference is the emotions. Life in sobriety, especially early sobriety is filled with a constant flood of emotions. Most people learned how to cope and balance them as the navigate their way through life. Me on the other hand… I numbed the sh!t out of my feelings, and was greeted by the emotional rollercoaster when I first got sober. Join us today on the blog as this Grateful shares some helpful tips that taught she learned for how to ride the emotional rollercoaster. Find the Full Article: ↙️ thegratefulnuts.com • • • • #blogpost #newblogpost #soberblogger #recoveryblog #emotionalrollercoaster #feelthefeelings #emotionalsobriety #emotionalhealth #balance #recoveryworks #sober #sobriety #soberinspiration #sobermotivation #sobertoolbox #sobercommunity #recoverycommunity #addictionrecovery #recoveringalcoholic #soberthoughts #itsonlytemporary #thistooshallpass #friendsofbillw #alcoholicsanonymous #sobermovement #recoveryposse #fypage #bloglife #soberliving #soberlifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CpThb8uOoVX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[sandysembler]

This may not be be the sexiest question but it really is a fantastic barometer. Truthfully, you can use this question to filter CURRENT relationships and whether or not they are honoring to the health of your nervous system. I know before my healing journey, I was attracted to (aka hardwired) for difficult, drama, busyness) and safe and healthy relationships were considered boring, not exciting enough, or passionless. I ask myself routinely: 🙋‍♀️Am I breathing deeper or holding my breath? 🙋‍♀️Am I calm or feeling anxious? 🙋‍♀️Are they holding my gaze and inviting more of me in conversation? 🙋‍♀️Is my body grounded or feel wobbly? 🙋‍♀️Do I feel genuinely safe and protected in their space? 🙋‍♀️Do my viewpoints invite a deeper, meaningful conversation or do they invoke sarcasm and closure? Ahhhh, I’m breathing deeper just writing this. 💨 💨 💨 Would you share how this lands in your body? . . . #sakredshesisterhood #nervoussystemregulation #feelthefeelings #traumainformed (at Aspen, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnNTJHEpUDi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sakredshesisterhood #nervoussystemregulation #feelthefeelings #traumainformed

[a-day-in-the-life-2022]

The Catalyst

Let's fast forward a few years or so. I graduated from college and went right into the next level of education for my degree in school psychology. By 2013, I had graduated, married my high school sweetheart, and started my first job as a school psychologist. Next came buying a house and having a baby...all the things any person aspires to have, right? I was using all the skills I had acquired to push through stress and focus on pleasing the world around me. It didn't matter if I didn't have time to do the things I loved or to keep a relationship with my partner a priority. I was accomplishing my goals: Working Mom & Wife, House keeper, Accountant, Cook, etc. No time left for me, of course. Filling others' cups and making them happy was how I got my validation, remember.

It was in those first few initial years where I can look back and see the start of the stressors, the red flags for my partner's addiction, and my lack of acknowledgement or awareness of problems internally. We had the "perfect" life, how could there be problems?? Move forward a few more years, child number two was in the picture. Two kids under age 3. I could handle it and work and have "all the things." I'd always handled every hardship or difficulty in the past with grace and perfect outward demeanor. The state in our house was anything but. I was stressed to the max all the time with no outlet and no slowing down. I nagged/yelled at my partner and he/she in turn, sought ways to escape the stress. My partner also came with her/his own baggage in the relationship (this is something our society is not upfront about, of course; the totally natural/human condition to come into our adult life with baggage, internal issues, & personal growth that needs to be done).

All in all, it was a recipe for something has gotta give. Neither my partner nor I were able to acknowledge our own weaknesses. Fingers of blame at the other were the daily practice. My partner's addiction came to a tipping point multiple times...I threatened to leave, to divorce, etc., if there wasn't a change. Silly me, thinking I had any control or could change another person. I thought, if I just threatened enough or tightened the reins or tried to micromanage everything or pointed out the impacts on our kids, then it would work. I didn't understand at that time the most obvious fact: an addict cannot be reasoned with as they exist in distorted thoughts and rationales. That is what makes it an addiction, a mental health disorder. The illogical seems logical to them or their brain makes it so in order to avoid the much scarier truths.

Sadly, this whole process took 2-3 years. Plus a late-term miscarriage of our third child with no rhyme or scientific explanation as to why (even after months of genetic testing). Plus job loss and police involvement. I can't tell you exactly the turning point for my spouse....as there were multiple situations of relapse after her/his first decision to start on the path of sobriety. Mine started when I set boundaries and accepted the only things I had control over: myself and what I was willing to accept as the partner of a recovering addict. I told my spouse I would support him/her on the journey to sobriety. I set boundaries for our relationship. I identified the things I was comfortable talking about and worked to get couples counseling established. But it wasn't for another 2ish years until I would say I truly started on my own personal, spiritual journey. Where I was ready to accept my short-comings and look at what I needed to do to grow as a person. It wasn't until I was ready to stop trying to fix everyone else's problems and to acknowledge my own internal demons, some of which existed long before the events I just outlined.

That's a story for another time. For now, know you are not alone. Each person hides his/her struggles in different ways. But we all have battles we face, and honestly those who appear toughest, able to 'truck on through,' are probably those most at risk for emotional breakdowns. Please be kind to those around you as you can never truly gauge the vastness of the wounds from the picture created on the outside.

#spiritualjourney #lovepeaceandhappiness #feelthefeelings #personal growth #normalizementalhealth

[megpie]

I like things with depth. Real, raw, authenticity. Not fake, shallow, superficial. 😘 #quoteslover #quotestagram #authenticity #feeltoomuch #feelthefeels #liveauthentic #livepassionately #passionforlife #oldbooks #musiclyrics #deepconversations #wordsaremagic #deepthinker #overthinker #loveroflife https://www.instagram.com/p/Clfr-x5rMSc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[ms-ann-divine]

It's ok to feel what you are feeling right now...just don't stay there! You are allowed to FEEL!!! Ok so I'm seeing that someone is feeling alone and lonely. You are feeling very down and sad. I don't think, you think, you can pull yourself out of this and that's ok. Your meant to feel these emotions right now for a purpose. But you can't stay stuck and waste the day!! You are being asked to get in touch with what you feel and why you feel that way. You are being asked to write out all your emotions you are currently feeling and why you feel this way and what it is you desire right now- be honest. I see that there is also the potential of a woman/female around you that can assist you at this time as well. I also see that not only do you feel lonely but you also feel broke! Spirit is saying it doesn't take money to be happy it really only takes a shift in your mindset and a decision to smile a decision to be happy. Your a decision away from smiling today!! News flash!! Someone you desire or someone you thought was not going to show IS going to show up. As soon as you change your frequency this possibility grows. So get up and move around and act like you know it, clean up, take a shower get comfy or beautified ( it's up to you) and then look for some ways to also make someone else smile! It will come back to you. https://linktr.ee/Meta_Ann #motivationalmessages #love #selflove #feelthefeels https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSfx7UOM_f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#motivationalmessages #love #selflove #feelthefeels

[tat2jojo]

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[dizzy-n]

Friday💕 #busstopsaroundtheworld 🌊🚌 ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ #busstop #busstopphoto #busstopsofinstagram #bythesea #afternoonlight #afternoonwalk #afternoonsea #skyandsea #myhappyviews #minimalmood #wu_asia #awakethelight #loves_united_asia #loves_world #bns_ladies #bns_asian #tropicallife #skyandsea #lifeinthetropics #livesimply #seaandsky #feelthefeelings #sea_sky_nature 🌊 (サンエー浦添西海岸 PARCO CITY（パルコシティ）) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVoWcFPsOI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[nourishtoflourishyes]

#nourishtoflourish #bloom #flower #flowers #selflove #selfcare #mentalhealth #mentalillness #baddays #shittimes #thoughts #reminders #randomthoughts #gentlereminders #everythingistemporary #thistooshallpass #feelings #emotions #feel your feelings #feelthefeelings #feelallthefeels #itsokaynottobeokay #quote #quotes #graphic #graphics

[pokingholes-cptsdwarrior]

This is true. #healing #feelthefeelings #feelingishealing #emotionalintelligence #emotionalliteracy #reparenting #cptsdwarrior #cptsdsurvivor #cptsd #complexPTSD #childhoodtrauma #DevelopmentalTrauma #childhoodptsd #ptsd #trauma #cptsdrecovery #tellingmystory #sharingmystory #youtuber #blogger #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealthrecovery @pokingholes_cptsdwarrior https://www.instagram.com/p/CF7w0xUDdU7/?igshid=1toqx7dwq6xxx

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[bridgeofbelieftravelbizmentor]

🏆Life is not about the results, it's about the climb.. If you never climb, you'll never see the view. If you think that the view will happen while you sulk in your cacoon your wrong!! Embrace the struggle and life will show you the view ❤️ #embracethestruggle #feelthefeelings #workthroughit #quittersneverwin #winnersneverquit #keepswimming #keepmoving #ithurts #lifehurts #liveitliftit #raiseyourvibrations #thinkithaveit #youattractwhatyouthink #stopnegativethinking #selftalkmatters #mindsetmeanseverything #thinkandget https://www.instagram.com/p/CF7ErAyjyd4/?igshid=bfm25zeai7xw

#embracethestruggle #feelthefeelings #workthroughit #quittersneverwin #winnersneverquit #keepswimming #keepmoving #ithurts #lifehurts #liveitliftit #raiseyourvibrations #thinkithaveit #youattractwhatyouthink #stopnegativethinking #selftalkmatters #mindsetmeanseverything #thinkandget

[xoxoloverae]

You can acknowledge your feelings and still be grateful. Never suppress your feelings you're allowed to take them all in.

#amen #grateful #gratefulforeveryday #thank you #feelthefeelings #feel the feels #nobodysperfect #alwaysbelearning #thankful

[feeltherealityok]

https://youtu.be/hm8duOhmtUA

#song of the day #song lyrics #Neverlietomesong #SongLover #youtube #feelings #feelthefeelings #feelthesong

[laurievanvalkenburgh]

#shintai #shiatsu #wpn #mfr #feelthefeelings #truth (at ShinTai Bodywork Therapies in New Hope) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtohgwQDjSp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jgtqhqzb8num

#shintai #shiatsu #wpn #mfr #feelthefeelings #truth

[accuratebodylanguage]

Words have limitations. Heart ♥️ warming connection is felt in the body, mind, and spirit. Tell others what they mean to you. . . . . #feelthefeelings #emotions #connection #friendshipconnection #loveconnection #genuinefeelings #feelingsoflove #lovingfeelings #ipreview via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbgKrPJd8a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#feelthefeelings #emotions #connection #friendshipconnection #loveconnection #genuinefeelings #feelingsoflove #lovingfeelings #ipreview

[megpie]

I'm a lot of things. A fixer is definitely one of them. I always want to help. To heal. To solve problems, find solutions, keep the peace, kiss the boo-boos, clean the messes, fix what's wrong, mend what's broken, love hard enough that everyone I care about is always ok. But. I feel like I fail. Daily. Constantly. I can't figure things out, I can't heal every hurt, some problems are too hard to solve, some people stay mad, my passion is pointless. The worst thing for a fixer, is failing. I'll never stop trying. I'll never give up. My circle is small, but I'll protect fiercely. I just.... I just wish I knew the magic words, some days. You know? There's that song, "The Fixer," Brent Morgan: 🎵"She's a fixer with no one to fix her She's a lover who won't love herself She's a heartbreak away from a horrible place 'Cause fixers never fix themselves She's a fighter with no one beside her In a corner alone on the ropes She's a let down away from a terrible place She'll fix every scar but her own Oh, she fixes the lonely, fixes the broke But tends to forget who needs fixin' the most Buried in bandages, hiding the hell 'Cause fixers never fix themselves She's a sunset away from the darkest of days No fix for the fixer tonight..." #mood #thefixer #empath #empathproblems #deepthinker #problemsolver #mommahood #motherhoodjourney #motherhoodishard #followyourarrow #trustyourintuition #trusttheuniverse #keepgoing #songlyrics #heartfulloflove #loveanyway #storyteller #strongwomen #feelthefeels #feeltoomuch #thinktoomuch (at Terrace Heights, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfvP73HLdYi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mood #thefixer #empath #empathproblems #deepthinker #problemsolver #mommahood #motherhoodjourney #motherhoodishard #followyourarrow #trustyourintuition #trusttheuniverse #keepgoing #songlyrics #heartfulloflove #loveanyway #storyteller #strongwomen #feelthefeels #feeltoomuch #thinktoomuch

[roist-vaz]

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