Heal!

Afolabi Abiodun Bret
2 min readOct 12, 2021

Are you stuck, tired, confused, angry, unhappy, laid back, unmotivated, or scared? While all these are different emotional states, the newsflash is that you may be experiencing all of these emotions at the same time.

But here is the thing. Though these feelings may have arisen from a state of overwhelmingness, have you ever sat down to figure out ‘what and why’ exactly you are feeling any or all of these emotions?

As humans, life happens to us daily, but there are certain happenings of life that will continue until checked. Take, for instance, a child who was raised not to mingle with his/her peers at home. Throughout school, the child may have second thoughts about mingling with their peers in school too. Funnily, however, anyone who comes around such a child will be tempted to think the child is reserved, whereas, the reservedness is stemming from a place of stifled freedom.

Now, when such a child comes across other children who are living their best life and having fun, anger will well up within him/her. The anger may be misconstrued by others and even the child him/herself may not be able to place the anger. But rest assured, the anger is coming from the child’s subconscious stemming from repressed feelings of unhappiness right from childhood. This may continue throughout that child’s lifespan and may also affect how they relate with others or how they train their own kids when they grow up.

So in essence, negative feelings always come from a hidden part of your mind, but they will keep haunting you till you sit down to figure out the ‘what and why’ you feel those ways. That’s why you need to heal.

Having a clear picture of what’s bothering you is the first step in the direction of the solution to that problem, but many a time, people just want to be in their feelings without making any effort to control the situation.

The world has enough broken and damaged people already. If you don’t heal, you will bleed on those who never cut you.

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Afolabi Abiodun Bret

I am a dynamic and value-driven writer with over 5 years of professional experience. I am dedicated to producing high-quality content that converts.