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Why Are You Feeling This Way?
Short-tempered? Frustrated? Confused? Angry? Scared? Have you asked yourself why you are feeling this way?
The practice of mindfulness is to be aware of the semi-tangible that is your thoughts, feelings, and actions. That, in turn, helps to make you better aware of the intangible that is your overall mindset/headspace/psyche.
What’s inside your head? You, and only you, can answer that question. Sometimes.
There are times that I know I am thinking and feeling a certain, completely intangible way I cannot express for shit.
So, it is entirely possible to be feeling a certain way — but have no means to express it. Nor, frankly, to express the precise why or how of it.
Rather than just ignore this it’s a good idea to try to work it out.
Why? Because when you don’t, and you are feeling off, or out-of-sorts, getting back into control is much harder when you haven’t any understanding of where your control and influence slipped.
The other problem with being unable to identify why you are feeling a certain way is that it may cause you to be over-sensitive, to overreact to things, or to generally be in a mood or state of mind you’d prefer to not be in.
