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Why is it so important to share your feelings?

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Last Updated: 12/29/2021 at 5:24pm
Why is it so important to share your feelings?
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Top Rated Answers
Yukihiko
June 28th, 2018 1:35pm
Feelings are like food and you are the refrigerator. The longer and more food you keep it in the refrigerator that you dont eat or put it out, the more disgusting and unhealthy it is in that refrigerator because the foods are rotting.
safeHeaven16
June 3rd, 2017 5:17am
It is important to share your feelings because emotions can be a bit of a time ticking bomb. The longer you suppress them, the messier the outburst will be. We tend to suppress our emotions until we can no longer keep them inside and we explode and have a completely tragic breakdown. It's self destructive. Of course, you can't share your feelings with just anyone, but its safe to have someone you can pour your heart out to. Contrary to what some people may think, it is healthy to share your feelings, it does not make you weak.
simplisticmoon
July 12th, 2018 6:59am
It's important to share your feelings so that they don't get all balled up inside. By sharing, you avoid a major mental breakdown.
sergo1
May 27th, 2017 6:12pm
It is important for us as humans to share, and discuss our feelings. We are complex creatures that have a complicated emotional system. Sharing feelings means to explain yourself to another person. It helps us understand ourselves.
MayaCarino
May 21st, 2017 5:53pm
Bottled feelings eventually burst out when something or someone opens the cap! Sharing takes a lot of courage even with the right person but it is relieving to get the intense and scattered feelings of your chest, and perhaps, you will be able to think more clearly and of course, make rational decisions :)
Wittie96
April 28th, 2019 7:03am
For me it is important to share feelings so I can better communicate my wants and needs to my partner and friends and family. I have found that when I don't express my feelings and hold everything inside it all comes out at once. Usually that ends with me mentally exploding and crying and saying hurtful things to the ones I love. In other words it doesn't end well. Sharing feelings gives me the room to state how I feel and them the room to change their behavior accordingly. I hope this helps a little bit. It has taken me years to learn how to share feelings but I wouldn't go back to holding it all inside again. In the words of frozen, "Let it go."
Anonymous
March 21st, 2019 8:27am
In my personal experience, I've found that sharing my feelings provides an outlet for the turbulent state of my mind. It helps to put into words what I'm experiencing, and it helps to have someone validate these emotions and help me explore their causes -- to have someone guide me to a solution to my problems. Oftentimes we know what we're feeling and why subconsciously, but we're unwilling to confront these ideas. It's very helpful to have someone else there in those times so that you can come to understand what it is that's making you feel the way you are.
Pozy
March 15th, 2019 12:19am
It is so important to share your feelings because allowing them to grow unchecked, unheard, and unacknowledged is a path straight to feeling overburdened. As listeners, our first suggestion to our users is to unburden themselves. We can't be effective at helping shoulder that when we carry the weight of our own heavy feelings everywhere with us. Sharing our feelings with another listener, or journaling about them, or confiding in an important person in our lives can go so far toward helping us feel as heard and accepted as we make our users feel. It helps us to be kinder to ourselves and others, and helps us to be more effective in listening, and in living.
Anonymous
July 26th, 2016 9:06am
You must share your feelings to perhaps help give advice on how somebody can deal with a situation. It's also important to share your feelings so that evil indoctrination does not prevail.
Anonymous
September 14th, 2016 6:06am
If feelings are shared someone else would understand you better. They would be able to understand you better and you will feel happier for having expressed your feelings.
Anonymous
September 17th, 2016 5:41am
It's very important to share your feelings. Some times when we don't share how we feel, it builds up and eats away at us. A simple 10 minute chat can put that to an end!
Mikzwax
September 23rd, 2016 11:01am
sometimes you cant handle all the burden on you own . you need to burst out you feel tired. so to get rid of this you need to share your feelings
Anonymous
October 8th, 2016 10:52pm
Because they build up and up and up until you burst and cant cope anymore. This will effect people around you. People care about you and want to help but they cant if you cant tell them how your feeling.
Anonymous
August 12th, 2018 5:34pm
It is important to open up because you're are realising stress off you and you won't have to go through depression or aniexty if you open up . From a personal experience , I hated opening up because I thought that was the answer to everything . My mental health issues were just getting worse . so please , open up to any one who you are very close to .
SagaciousWizard
October 26th, 2016 9:36pm
When people around you try to understand how you feel when you tell them, it helps them understand how to react around you and sometimes how to treat you at certain times. Sometimes it wouldn't make sense to make a joke and be extremely cheerful around someone who is grieving the loss of someone they love but if they express that then the people around them will understand how they need to react around them. This is necessary for many situations so it is always important to share your feelings because communications is the key to relationships.
Advocate10
June 3rd, 2021 7:03pm
If you just try to keep evey feeling hidden, then after some time you may feel overwhelmed. Keeping evey single feeling hidden, may even lead to depression. If you share your sadness with others, you feel less lonely and more understood. And if you share your happiness with others, then they would feel happy, too! And making others happy can make yourself even happier.. But the important point is the fact that you should not share your feelings with whoever possible! Maybe someone can not bear listening to sad things. Or maybe someone does not like to see you happy! Just find someone who really cares about your feelings. If you can't find such a friend, 7 cups is here for you! Therapists and listeners are all here to listen to you! You are totally important to all of us!! Love you:)
Anonymous
February 5th, 2017 8:50am
It is so important to share your feelings in order to express how you feel and to let others know how you feel.
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2021 1:49pm
It is important to share your feelings because talking about how you are feeling can be very beneficial, and it can help others around you understand how you feel as well. You can talk to your friends and family about how you feel, and they can support you. If you are feeling sad, or angry, they might notice this and wonder what is going on, so sharing your feelings helps them too. If you are confused or need to make a difficult decision, talking through it with someone you trust can really help. Something I’ve found with sharing my feelings is that it can help you to understand why you are feeling a certain way. I hope this answers your question!
Samar27
November 30th, 2018 12:38am
Bottling up your feelings isn't nice, and it's not a good way to live your life. Bottling up could make you feel worse, and fragile over time. It could also lead to the point where you don't talk when you need and have to, not only about your feelings, but also in important situations like a situation you are a witness in. Sharing your feelings provide you with such a relief and makes you feel better about yourself and the situation. Sharing your feelings is a good way to clear up your mind from all the thoughts and stuff that could be there. Sharing is a good way of meditation.
birdwatcher444
April 12th, 2017 2:43am
Simply because when they get all bottled up, they tend to explode... and then you'll have to share, whether you like to or not! The thing is, sharing feelings keeps us connected, keeps us from getting all stuffed up with unwanted feelings, and gives us a clear mind. Best of luck!
ZedOfPatch
April 12th, 2017 11:02pm
Everyone needs to vent out and tell their feelings out loud or else, it will stuck inside you and might lead to something more serious.
meganhw
April 14th, 2017 1:05pm
Sharing your feelings is important for your mental health because it allows you to give yourself a break. Keeping your thoughts and feelings to yourself can eventually cause damage and cause you to become stressed, anxious and upset. Sharing those feelings with someone you trust can take a weight off your shoulders and allow you to relax. That person may also be able to help you with whatever you are worried about - and as a bonus, being open and honest with your loved ones can help you to bond and become closer.
Anonymous
May 14th, 2017 6:13pm
Because keeping all your feeling inside all by yourself can be hard. It almost always works to talk about your feelings to get them out.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2019 3:53pm
So that I can be understood, making me less isolated in my "bubble" and more connected with the rest of the human race! It will also help me move past emotions by moving through them with another person, and experiencing a bond with them individually. Healthy connection will prevent me from pursuing unhealthy connection, such as obsession with sex or more manipulative, dependent and attached kinds of relationships with others. My resilience to social pressures will also increase to healthier levels, and I will feel more comfortable in my own skin. Vulnerably bonding with other people can increase my courage to exist more boldly in the world!
JuliaIsParticipating
January 20th, 2018 8:32pm
Your mind goes through tons of thoughts without you even realizing. When you bottle up your feelings, it can be extremely easy for those thoughts to accumulate into something worse. But when you share your feelings, you can let go of those thoughts and understand your emotions more.
spiritualstrength2077
September 15th, 2019 3:57am
Feelings are important to share because when we have someone who listens, it can help us navigate the feelings better. Feelings alone aren't always reliable guides. It can help make them more reliable when you have someone to bounce them off. Even if that person doesn't fully understand them, sharing the feeling can help the sharer better understand the feeling and what to do with it. In my experience, I have felt better sharing the feeling behind something. It forces me to look beyond the events to reveal more of my actual self, the one that isn't really seen to anyone but me -- and I'm the one that needs the nurturing, adventure, guidance, etc.
NigelS
October 26th, 2019 10:14am
Based on my own experience sharing your feelings feels like there is a weight that falls off your shoulders. I used to keep my feelings to myself , afraid of judgements or not being understood by others, but keeping it in was only making me feeling worse. I felt irritated and sad and it was making me reacting angry and defensive towards people but since I started to share my feelings I started to feel a lot more relieved and a lot less stressed, even if I didn't find a solution to my problem and I think sometimes people don't want a solution, but they just need someone to listen and make them feel like they are not alone and they are always people who are willing to listen and emphatize, whether it's a family member or a friend so go out there and share your feelings, I guarantee you that it will be worth it
Anonymous
April 19th, 2020 7:29pm
When you bottle things up inside, it can lead to a big mess. See it as a cup. When you add more water to it, the fuller it gets. (See it as the cup represents you and the water represents your feelings and emotions.) when you let out a little bit of water at a time, as in sharing your emotions here and there (it doesn’t have to be all at once) the cup gets lighter. But if you keep all of it inside, the cup gets very heavy and hard to mange on your own. Eventually the cup will overflow— or you’ll reach your breaking point. That’s why it’s important to share your feelings, because if you have so much going on and you keep it all to yourself, it becomes harder to manage on your own. That’s also why us Listeners are here, you can tell us what you’re feeling and lift off some of that weight. Talking about feelings and emotions is a lot healthier than some people think.
Sunnybutterfly2653
April 23rd, 2020 5:56pm
For others to understand the perspective the situation is taken by that person. Allowing communication to build stronger relationships/bonds.
KaylaSpring
April 15th, 2020 6:57pm
It's important to share your feelings on certain topics because you need to be able to express your mind and point of view. You need to be able to show where you are at. Being quiet about a topic doesn't help, the only thing it "helps" is grow sadness inside of you, and that isn't a good thing. Sometimes it'll grow so much you want to take your own life, trust me, I know. Ask someone for help for whatever you're going through, please. I don't want anyone to go through that pain, that suffering. It sucks and affects your mood throughout the whole day. Talk to someone, I promise you it helps.