It’s a quirk of our minds how we pursue some of the things we believe will make us happy, and in turn drop those pursuits when we realise we’re not getting the result we initially wanted. We deflect our insecurities towards others because we don’t want to be alone. This is the result of disavowed feelings that we deliberately refuse to acknowledge or let rise up to the surface and deal with them accordingly.
We look for ways to numb our suffering by consuming toxic chemicals, staying busy, exercising profusely, and going out to meet new people or to catch up with old friends. This may be the result of an experience we endured and never really addressed in any way; this could have been something as simple as someone who betrayed our trust, violated our self-esteem or made us doubt their kindness.
The mind is a very complicated and sensitive instrument, it continuously endures a life time battle between emotion and logic, play and work, sacrifice and reward. As human beings, we’re all very similar in design, culture, religion, race, and aspiration, but the nuances of emotion define who we truly are towards others. Uninterpreted emotions do manifest themselves as powerful directionless anxiety, resulting in us being anxious and depressed about everything because we don’t want to be anxious and depress about one specific thing.
The process of evaluating our emotions regularly brings about an alleviating sense in our mood. We must pay for our self-awareness with a period of mourning and gradually accept, in some area or other, that life is a lot sadder than what we initially expected.
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