The Flynn Skidmore Podcast The Emotion You Fear Most
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Dec 11, 2024 Discover the captivating fear of joy and its hidden influence on our lives. Personal stories reveal how early experiences can teach us to suppress joy, impacting our relationships and creative potential. The conversation emphasizes the importance of embracing joy for authentic self-expression. By confronting repressed feelings, listeners are invited to reconnect with joy as a vital energy for deeper connections and personal fulfillment. A compassionate roadmap encourages reclaiming the joy that can lead to a more genuine and creative life.
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Client's Fear of Expression
- Flynn Skidmore discusses a client who struggled with full self-expression, especially joy.
- She needed to trust others before being herself, making her joy dependent on their behavior.
Fear of Joy
- Flynn Skidmore observes that many people fear expressing joy more than other emotions.
- This fear stems from past experiences where joy resulted in negative consequences.
Source of Fear
- Skidmore explains how expressing joy could hurt others, leading them to hurt us in return.
- The client's father would yell at her for expressing joy, conditioning her to repress it.