Why is it so important to share your feelings?

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.

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.

For others to understand the perspective the situation is taken by that person. Allowing communication to build stronger relationships/bonds.

I think it's a way of releasing them. The more I tend to keep my feelings in the more they build up and intensify. Which usually ends up in a big bang when things get too much! When I talk about them there is that thing of a problem shared is a problem halved. The more I've opened up the more people can see where I am coming from also, which helps them understand a bit better. How do you feel about sharing your feelings? Does it help you to get things off your chest? Would love to know how you feel about it!

When i was younger i would never share my feelings. I would never talk to anyone. My emotions were all balled up inside me until one day they would just come out. I would scream, cry, punch, kick, yell, anything i could do to get my anger out. But none of that helped. Until I realized i have to talk about it. My family got my a therapist who i felt comfortable around. I would talk and talk and talk forever with her. After I went to therapy things were better, but not fixed. I still would lash out on my family because they didnt understand. Until I realized something. I cant just talk to my therapist, I have to talk to my family too. And after that of course I still got angry but, at least now they understood.

People are social animals. it is not easy to handle everything on our own. Sometimes, when you share your feelings, you reorganize your whole situation, and you may be able to see a different picture. Also, when you are sharing, you get to know more about yourself. Labelling feelings can help us to understand our situations, and these can be the reference for the future. Also, you may be able to get encouragement and support from your listener. This will give you some energy and even some help. Therefore, it is important to share our feelings, and that is why we need 7cups

I feel that sharing feelings can help you feel less overwhelmed. If you constantly hold in your feelings, it can make you feel tense and bottled up. Sharing your feelings can help relieve stress and help you feel valued and heard. Another thing to consider is that if you don't voice how you feel, you may have issues with communication. If you don't share, others will never know how you truly feel, so they may say or do things that bother you, which could put a strain on your relationships. Your feelings and opinion are valid, and sharing them could prove to be beneficial for other people as well.

It’s important to share our feelings so that we don’t get overwhelmed by them. Bottling up all of our emotions isn’t healthy for anyone. It’s kind of like filling a container to it’s maximum capacity, and what usually happens when we do that? The container ends up popping. So off loading some of these emotions or feelings we have leaves us with more room to feel more comfortable or even happier. Talking about what’s going on in your life will help you to not only feel better, but it may also help you to identify why you’re feeling the way you’re feeling.

Sharing your feelings, whether it’s in a journal or with a friend, helps you to process what’s going on in your own head for new perspective. It helps tremendously for me to stop stewing on the same issues over and over, and put them on paper so I can let go of those thoughts, or discuss them with a listener who can help me see from a different point of view. Sometimes I realize the answer to a problem was right in front of me, or that something that seemed dramatic and life-changing was much simpler than it seemed! Sharing feelings is an important reflection process to move forward.

Sharing feelings helps others understand you as well as lets you connect. You are being vulnerable when sharing feelings and offering others to know you authentically. Its also important to understand and know your own feelings...sharing can help work those out and share some other perspectives if needed. Its a very healthy release...it can feel extremely powerful and fulfilling to share yourself and have made yourself clear. Being authentic can be a rewarding experience to our friendships and loved ones. But most of all to your own self. To keep things inside can lead to the what if's, I should have's and the whole in your own head situation that can cause distress or anxiety.... if its about something truly important to you. “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”- Brene Brown