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The perks of unhappiness

Finally some research that tells us that it's ok to not feel ok and it's actually healthy for you to feel the negative emotions. This article even says there are benefits to our negative emotions, check it out:

The perks of unhappiness

Overwhelmed

Ever feel overwhelmed by everyones 'opinions' about what is wrong with you, what you should do about it and general assumption that it's a simple fix? Of course you are! This is a 'false' help, the person usually hasn't spent the time to understand what you have tried so far, or even acknowledge that you are trying, or to understand the debt of the issue. After all if it were that simple, we're intelligent enough to have fixed it ourselves by now! Right? Healing takes time, it is as individual to the person as the person is individual! Those people around you who really care will help you explore what is right for you and not impose themselves on you.

Music Bubble

This is a Promarker drawing of one of my favourite Gorjuss girls. This is more of a bit of fan art, but it also represents the peace I feel when listening to music and creating a little safe bubble for myself to just be who I am in the moment.

Lost

This is a water soluble pencil drawing of black clouds. I think at this point I had completely lost myself in the depression I was feeling and all that I could see was the depression. But clouds don't last forever and there is a strong breeze on its way to move those clouds on!!!

Depression

This is a quick drawing using a water soluble pencil. Depression feels like a foggy black cloud that takes over everything. It's like the world is void of anything enjoyable and completely takes over everything. If you have people around you who suffer with this, try to understand the place that they are in. It's not something that they have control of, they can't snap out of it and acting like it's not there is likely just to make it worse. Instead come along side them and just listen without judgement. Being listened to and accepted without judgement or expectation is one of the most healing experiences we can give to a fellow human being!

Music and emotion

The words here speak about the connection we have with music and our emotions. When I have bottled a lot of things up, I feel the emotions are present but I can't access them. I use music to bring them to the surface. It's important to feel and process in times that are safe for us to do so. Music can provide a safe way of bringing them up and experiencing them again and sometimes a good song can even give new perspective to the feelings!