How to deal with emotions

Most people are not stuck, just disconnected from their emotions

There’s a common misconception about emotions. You think you need to “fix” them. Suppress them. Or even worse: cancel them.

Be rational, people say.

But in reality, there’s no rational decision. Emotions are what move us.

Every decision is emotional. The word emotion literally means: energy in motion.

You don’t need more logic.
You need more access to your own emotional signal.

Here’s why:
Every decision you make is emotional.

Even the ones that look rational.

Here’s the truth I had a hard time learning in my 9-5:

Your brain filters your environment, deletes 90% of what’s real, distorts what’s left to make it match with your internal belief system, and delivers a “feeling” based on what it thinks is right.

Then?
You act from that feeling.

Whether it’s clicking publish.
Declining a project.
Choosing rest instead of guilt.
It's not logic.
It’s action (i.e. motion) driven by emotion.

So if you feel stuck, indecisive, or confused, the problem isn’t the decision.

It’s that you’re disconnected from how you feel.

Don’t try to fix your emotions. Use them. Trust them.

If something feels right, do it. Even if the world shouts against it. When you do, you’ll redefine your reality to accept the outcomes.

If it feels right, it most probably is.

Trust your intuition, don’t suppress it. It’s connected to your emotions. If you suppress them, you disconnect from who you are.

Yes, society tells you to rationalize before you make a decision.

But that’s a trap.

The best decisions I made were the ones I didn’t know how to execute them, but I was 100% sure they’re right in my heart, with zero facts to prove this. I just took the leap then figured it out on the way. And it worked. It always does.

So try this today:
Pick one decision you’ve been overthinking.
Don’t journal. Don’t overanalyze.
Just name the emotion and ask what it’s here to move.

If it feel wrong, don’t do it.

If it says you need to move, then move.

Because emotion is energy in motion.
If you ignore it, you stall.
If you listen?
You move.

Don’t deal with your emotions. Use them. Your future self will thank you.

And remember to have a GUT time!

Yana

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