Here’s where you can read about feelings: created by our brains and endocrine systems in response to the rest of our bodies, our memories, and our lives in the world. All kinds of emotions – happiness, sadness, worry, sympathy, affection, embarrassment, envy, love – can be in play with our experiences of ourselves, sex, sexuality and relationships. Gaining awareness, acceptance and understanding of our feelings can be central to living with them and navigating things like mental illness and emotional wellbeing.
Feelings
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Articles and Advice in this area:
- Lisa Laman
We can also create reminders and community bonds that make heavy loneliness a much easier burden to carry.
- Isabel Atkinson
If you get activated during sexual experiences, a safety plan can help you set boundaries, get grounded, and advocate for yourself.
- Adam England
Everybody feels lonely or isolated at one time or another, but there are ways to manage those feelings, as difficult as it might feel.
- Heather Corinna
- s.e. smith
In stressful times, it’s important to find healthy ways to cope with and express big feelings—and support friends who are going through it too.
- Vartika Puranik
If you’ve been looking for a guide on how to soften yourself, or want to know if you really need to, this guide may be helpful.
- Sofia P.
The sexually-intrusive thought that came with my OCD tried to take over. Therapy helped me find empathy for myself — and others.
- Sassafras Patterdale
Everyone’s situation of being kicked out is going to be different, but here are ten things for anyone to do to help prepare yourself if you think or know you’re going to get kicked out.
- Lisa Laman
What would I communicate to teenage Lisa? What important thoughts about dating, relationships, life, and anything else would I say to my younger self?
- Sam Wall
You’ve asked a lot of big questions here, which means I have some big answers for you. This is going to take a minute, so you may want to find somewhere comfy to settle in while you read. Before we get into anything else, I want to say that if you’re regularly self-harming, or fear that you might…
- Kathleen Farmilo
I will carry the lessons I learned during covid lockdown about freedom as a single person through the rest of my life.