I first saw this image a long while ago. Obviously, it resonated enough for me to save it, but then it just sat on my computer for months and months.
But when I happened upon it yesterday I realized how perfectly this Emily McDowell person described my usual pattern of thinking my feelings!
The line that struck me the most however is the last one: “Notice that you have survived.”
That’s how scary feeling my feelings can be. It seems like a matter of survival, but I can (and must) learn to do it.