Feeling Irritated: A Guide to Your Emotions
When we feel irritated, we aren’t our usual selves. We’re super on edge. We get upset more easily and it’s like the slightest thing can set us off at any moment. It can make us snappy, rude and hard to be around. Other people might avoid us because of how moody we seem, like we’ll […]
Feeling Hurt: A Guide to Your Emotions
When we feel hurt, it can obviously be a really painful experience. It can feel like a punch to the gut, or a knife in the heart (safe to say neither of those are enjoyable). We might replay what has caused us to hurt over and over again in our minds, which can make it […]
Feeling Scared: A Guide to Your Emotions
We all get scared sometimes. When something happens suddenly and unexpectedly, it can send us into a panic. It might feel like you’re frozen by this feeling. You can’t think, function or act rationally. Maybe you’re home alone and you think you hear the sound of a door closing (creepy AF!). Or your dog gets […]
Feeling Sentimental: A Guide to Your Emotions
When we look back fondly on the memories that mean a lot to us, we start feeling sentimental. Whether it’s looking through old photographs, listening to certain albums or watching one of your favourite movies, it can bring back a LOT of different emotions. Especially around the holidays when you’re surrounded by loved ones, and […]
Feeling Loving: A Guide to Your Emotions
Ahhh, love. It’s the feeling that inspires all of the best love songs we sing along to in the car. It gives movies their happy ending when the main characters finally beat the odds and confess their feelings for each other. Love is what makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside when we spend […]
Feeling Thoughtful: A Guide to Your Emotions
When we’re feeling thoughtful, we tend to go out of our own way to do selfless acts for others — so thoughtful can be a really great feeling not only for ourselves, but the people around us. This could include small acts of kindness, like paying for a stranger’s order at the drive thru or […]
Feeling Inadequate: A Guide to Your Emotions
You have a beautiful life, a roof over your head, people who love you, and successes that you should be proud of. And yet, there is a nasty little voice that keeps telling you that even though you have all of these wonderful things, you aren’t good enough. Super rude, right?! Maybe you feel like […]
Feeling Guilty: A Guide to Your Emotions
Feeling guilty is one of the most draining, soul-crushing emotions to experience, which is probably why it’s rooted in the ‘sad’ core feeling. Guilt can be a typical response to our mistakes or bad choices that hurt other people or affect them in negative ways. It’s an emotion that gnaws at our conscience and it’s. […]