How to Identify the Emotions in Your Body

When i'm feeling particularly anxious or stressed or not positive, tell myself, like, to get over it and be positive. The first thing i do is try to say, what am i really feeling? And what can i attribute that feeling to? And let's identify that problem, and that will alleviate my problems. I think so many of us were raised also, to believe, you know, just because our parents didn't always know what emotions were,. That we believe that happiness is supposed to be our base line. Like, your brain doesn't care whether you're happy. Your brain evolutionarily cares about keeping you alive. And it would rather have you be superanxious and alive

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