Is hiding your emotions really a bad thing? If you're asking this question then just take a look at your body. Is anything that goes inside of you able to stay there? No way! You would explode if you only ate and never removed bodily wastes from your body, or if you only inhaled and never exhaled. Take a look at your home. Electricity is constantly flowing through cables and wires to power all of your utilities. Can you imagine what would happen if your home appliances pulled energy as if it were being used and in actuality it was not? They would become short circuited and ultimately result in an electrical fire. And computers? Well we all know what happens when there's too many files and data stored on your PC or laptop. You're looking at a possible crash of information and the shut down of your systems basic functions.
All of these examples are exactly the way your emotions work. Emotions are only messages sent by your subconscious mind to your conscious mind in order to make you aware of something. If you are constantly blocking those emotions from its path to your conscious mind then as a result you will have an excess of information and feelings which can result in a breakdown or overload, also known as depression. Depression can lead to many other issues such as health problems, mental disorders, and the most common effect, ANGER!
Contrary to popular belief there are no good or bad emotions. Emotions can cause reactions that are good or bad however. Originally, emotions are healthy! They are necessary for the well being if your mental health. People hide their emotions to avoid dealing with them at the moment their experienced. Hiding your emotions is only a temporary resort to getting what you want or need at the present moment. You can't go on hiding your emotions because eventually this will result in a breakdown in which all of your "hidden" emotions will come bursting forth in an all too serious manner. The overall result then becomes worse than it would have been because what was once a single emotion has now culminated into a mass of emotions once they have had time to grow in your subconscious mind.
Still you may be thinking this topic is quite a big assumption! What if you knew that its hard for you to channel a certain emotion in a positive way and as a result hiding this emotion until you can better deal with it seems like the best thing to do? The only problem with this solution is that hiding your emotions is not a permanent answer, but once you get what you want by temporarily hiding them you will find it irrelevant to address the emotions. You will have this emotion again. Then what will you do? Hide it once again until you can better deal with it? This seems easier to do than owning up to the emotion, right?
Unfortunately, this cycle will repeat itself until you become use to hiding this certain emotion. A routine will develop and what happens to a routine in time? The slightest change in its atmosphere or deciding factors changes the whole routine! Eventually your hidden emotion will come forth at the slightest change and you'll be forced to own up to the emotion as you should have in the beginning. However, it may be a lot harder now if someone else is involved. Opinions and gathered impressions that are contrary to this emotion that you've hidden for so long can be destroyed and relationships can be broken as a result.
Is there a way to truly avoid dealing with our emotions? No, there isn't. Will we always have emotions? Yes, we will. So what do we do with these emotions? We express them. Express your emotions in a positive way. This is called channeling. Channeling your emotions is a smarter way to do what you must do and not have it control your life or who you truly are! Remember that you are not your emotions. You are you and because of this you can manipulate emotions, emotions won't manipulate you. Channeling your emotions is rather difficult at first but its just like exercising, you must keep doing it in order to see any progress. There are three sure ways you can channel your emotions:
#1 Channel Emotions by finding a creative outlet!
#2 Channel Emotions by connecting with positive individuals!
#3 Channel Emotions by believing in God!
There are numerous benefits of dealing with your emotions in a positive way! You will build stronger, lasting relationships! You will be able to do the things you always wanted to do and be the person you always wanted to be! Don't hide, just be smart :)
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