Emotional.
What a word.
What do you get emotional over? For me, it seems as though it is anything lately. I get emotional over people, places, things, experiences...but it is okay. I get emotional thinking about certain things. The other night I was emotional over my dad's death. Today, it was a scene that I found chilling and haunting from a TV show. They are different ranges of emotions and for different reasons, but I'm glad I can feel.
Emotions are okay. It is okay to feel something and react to it. If we don't show any emotion, things get bottled up. And when they get bottled up, sometimes they explode.
I have seen this happen to too many people and I used to do it to myself. Now, I just let myself feel. I give in to the emotion.
Why is it seen as such a bad thing to be emotional? Doesn't it just mean that you care? Where did this stigma come from? Why is it so bad? Why do I have so many questions? I don't know.
All I know is that I kind of like being emotional and feeling things.
I'm not afraid to feel and react. I try to be rational but unfortunately that doesn't always happen when someone is emotional. I also think that there is a definite difference between 'emotional' and 'overemotional' ... so as with everything else, a healthy balance is needed.
“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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