Emotions and Their Meaning

Bitterness shows you where you need to heal, where you're still holding judgments on others and yourself

Resentment shows you where you're living in the past and not allowing the present to be as it is

Discomfort shows you that you need to pay attention right now to what is happening, because you're being given the opportunity to change, to do something different than you typically do it

Anger shows you what you're passionate about, where your boundaries are, and what you believe needs to change about the world

Disappointment shows you that you tried for something, that you did not give in to apathy, that you still care

Guilt shows you that you're still living life in other people's expectations of what you should do

Shame shows you that you're internalizing other people's beliefs about who you should be (or who you are) and that you need to reconnect with yourself

Anxiety shows you that you need to wake up, right now, and that you need to be present, that you're stuck in the past and living in fear of the future

Sadness shows you the depth of your feeling, the depth of your care for others and this world

Tags: emotional and mental health, understanding yourself, health and wellbeing